A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Julia Seither, this paper studies the effects of incorrect beliefs over relative firm performance on micro-firm outputs through a randomized field experiment in Mozambique.
On Wednesday, May 19th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrew Zeitlin from Georgetown University to present his work on Benchmarking a Child Nutrition Program against Cash: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda.
Congratulations to NOVAFRICA members, Pedro C. Vicente and Matilde Grácio for their article ”Information, get-out-the-vote messages, and peer influence: Causal effects on political behavior in Mozambique” published at the Journal of Development Economics. Political accountability requires informed voters and electoral participation. Both have been lagging in many developing countries like Mozambique. The NOVAFRICA team studies …
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Congratulations to NOVAFRICA members, Pedro C. Vicente and Matilde Grácio for their article ”Information, get-out-the-vote messages, and peer influence: Causal effects on political behavior in Mozambique” published at the Journal of Development Economics.
On Wednesday, May 12th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Manisha Shah from UCLA to present her work on Two Sides of Gender: Sex, Power, and Adolescence.
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Banh, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David MacKenzie, this paper analyses how COVID-19 has been affecting irregular migration to Europe. It includes lessons from an (unsuccessful) salience experiment.
On Wednesday, May 5th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Katherine Vyborny from Duke University to present her work on Political Influences on Police Responses to Crime.
On Wednesday, April 28th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Oyebola Okunogbe from World Bank to present her work on Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? Evidence from Nigeria.
On Wednesday, April 21th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Craig McIntosh from University of California to present his work on Search Cost, Intermediation, and Trade: Experimental Evidence from Ugandan Agricultural Markets.
On Wednesday, April 14th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ryan Edwards from Australian National University to present his work on Fight fire With finance: a randomized field experiment to curtail land-clearing fire in Indonesia.
