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Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with NOVAFRICA researchers.
🔗 Apply: www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/...
🔗 More about NOVAFRICA: novafrica.org
Mobile money and migration:
doi.org/10.1162/rest...
Brain drain vs brain gain:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Plus, an AI-generated music of my research findings! 😊
open.spotify.com/episode/4jOb...
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“Research is as much about people as it is about data.”
We are excited to hear from NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE PhD Candidate @vcavalcante.bsky.social on his journey across Africa & Europe and his PhD on migration & finance.
🔗 Read more in our blog: bit.ly/4pUQyON
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This follows her Science article “Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Impact of High-Skilled Migration on Origin Countries.”
🎧 www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
Join us online on Tuesday starting 11m GMT / 6am EST with interesting presentations and discussion throughout the day!
Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/geZISI-...
Program: bit.ly/4nJoXya
@novafrica.bsky.social @liser.lu @liser-cb.bsky.social
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NOVAFRICA promotes a discussion on youth & high-skilled migration and its impact on economic development.
w/ #NovaSBE #EconomicsEducationKC @liser.lu & #UnivCaboVerde
Program: bit.ly/4nJoXya
Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/xrv5T0X...
Thank you to @danielrosney.bsky.social for an interesting conversation!
Listen here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
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His research focuses on labor economics, with an emphasis on informality, entrepreneurship, finance, and the design of public policies.
👉 Learn more about Rocha's work: sites.google.com/view/roberto...
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Duncan is a development economist focusing on behavioral insights, discrimination, social change, and human capital.
👉 Learn more about Duncan’s work here: sites.google.com/view/duncan-...
by Jessica Leight — Reposted by Cátia Batista
@duncanwebb.bsky.social who works on topics related to discrimination + human capital
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Join us for the start of the series with Prof. Melanie Morten @stanford.edu on her paper:
“The effects of legal short-term migration: Evidence from the H-2A program”
🗓 Wed, Sept 10th | 11:30 am (PT) Room D-115
@NovaSBE
🔗 bit.ly/4g5okMI
The ungated version of the paper is available here: catiabatista.org/wp-content/u...
As noted in the REStat official page, the paper was accepted for publication already in October 2021, almost 4 years before it was out in print. But the revision process itself was not too long.
Ungated version available here: catiabatista.org/wp-content/u...
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Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
I've highlighted some key examples we have featured on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/import...
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"Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment"
By NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors & NovaSBE Professors @catiabatista.bsky.social and #PedroCVicente in print in The Review of Economics and Statistics @restatjournal.bsky.social
📄 doi.org/10.1162/rest...
Mobile money is doing more than just lowering transfer costs: it can act as a driver for urbanization and structural change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Treated households were up to 14.5pp more likely to have a migrant after 2 years.
Why? Cheaper, safer and faster remittances allowed rural households to out-send migrants while staying insured.
Main finding? Mobile money increased out-migration from rural areas and reduced agricultural investment.
🔗 doi.org/10.1162/rest...
@johanneshaushofer.com @econgaurav.bsky.social
@dmckenzie.bsky.social @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
@deanyang.bsky.social
Read here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
by David McKenzie — Reposted by Cátia Batista
