NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development
A new study in the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series examines how criminal organizations impact economic development. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design centered on gang-created... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Tax morale, public goods, and politics: Experimental evidence from Mozambique
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series! Written by Wayne Sandholtz and Pedro Vicente, this paper examines how public... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Victoire Girard published in the Economic Journal
The paper “Mineral Resources and the Salience of Ethnic Identities” written by Victoire Girard, NOVAFRICA and Nova SBE Research Faculty, joint with Nicolas Berman and... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista interviewed on World Refugee Day
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Nova SBE Professor, Catia Batista, was interviewed by SIC Noticias. She talked about... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista and Pedro Vicente published in the Review of Economics and Statistics
The paper “Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment” written by NOVAFRICA scientific directors Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente is... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA Predoc Lara Bohnet received FFMS best thesis award
The Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos awarded Lara Bohnet, former NOVAFRICA predoc and Nova SBE student, with a prize for her master in economics thesis.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration?
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David McKenzie this... Read More
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: The politics of policy reform – Experimental evidence from Liberia
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Wayne Aaron Sandholtz this paper examines the electoral effects of a randomized... Read More
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Artisanal mining in Africa
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Victoire Girard,Teresa Molina-Millán, Guillaume Vic this paper estimates the environmental... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Annual newsletter
NOVAFRICA‘s welcome to 2022! In this new year, we would like to share with you our achievements in 2021 and our goals for 2022. Read... Read More