NOVAFRICA Vacancy: Project Coordinator for Research Project on Irregular Migration
Principal Investigators Tijan Bah (Nova SBE), Catia Batista (Nova SBE), Flore Gubert (IRD and Paris School of Economics) and David McKenzie (World Bank) seek qualified... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Understanding Willingness to Migrate Illegally: Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Tijan L. Bah and Cátia Batista this paper analyzes the Willingness... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “The Myth of the Misinformed Irregular Migrant? Insights from Nigeria”
On Wednesday, November 28, at 2.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alex Scacco, from the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), to present her work. Author: Alex Scacco, WZB... Read More
NOVAFRICA is hiring!
NOVAFRICA is looking for applicants for the following vacancies: Project Coordinator for Research Project on Migrant Integration and Economic Development For additional information about... Read More
NOVAFRICA in the Spotlight
On July 3rd, 2018, Cátia Batista and Pedro Vicente gave an interview to the University of Notre Dame. Catia and Pedro discussed their three-year study on mobile money... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Occupation-Skill Mismatch and Selection of Immigrants: Evidence from the Portuguese Labor Market”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Tijan L. Bah this paper analyzes the occupation-skill mismatch and selection... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Migration Desires and the Role of Integration Policies”
On Friday, September 14th, at 11.30am, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Michel Beine, from University of Luxembourg, to present his work. Author: Michel Beine (University of Luxembourg) Abstract: This paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Climate change, Inequality and Migration”
On Wednesday, September 12th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Frederic Docquier, from Université Catholique de Louvain, to present his work. Author: Frederic Docquier (Université Catholique de Louvain)... Read More
Migration as a wheel for change
Migration is ultimately an individual decision, with most gains and losses accruing directly to the individual migrant. Ideally the freedom to move to wherever one... Read More
A talk with Simone Bertoli
On April 26th, 2017, Simone Bertoli gave a talk in the NOVAFRICA Seminar Series. His seminar was entitled “Migration and co-residence choices”. After the seminar the... Read More
