Here we talk about a “light-touch” program that proves it is possible to address anti-immigration attitudes and stereotypes head-on while fostering both understanding and integration. It’s a model that could be easily scaled up papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

I'm hiring RAs to work on data analysis for projects on education, infrastructure, and political economy in Latin America. Spanish/Portuguese language helpful; remote work possible. Please share, and/or apply! Links in next tweet. #econra Econ RA Listings #EconSky

📢The first NOVAFRICA Featured Paper is here! "Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City" by @NOVAFRICA Scientific Director & NovaSBE Prof of Economics Pedro Vicente with NOVAFRICA affiliates Mattia Fracchia Teresa Molina-Millán Read here: bit.ly/4hlNmXJ

📢 New @NOVAFRICA Working Paper "Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development" by NovaSBE Prof. Nikita Melnikov 🇺🇦, w/ Carlos Schmidt-Padilla & Micaela Sviatschi, Explores how gang-imposed borders in El Salvador restrict labor mobility & economic growth. 🔗 bit.ly/3EW4ViJ

🌍✨ Advancing Women's Empowerment Through Financial Inclusion On International Women’s Day, read this month's NOVAFRICA Feature paper: "Closing the Gender Profit Gap" by @NOVAFRICA NovaSBE Profs Catia Batista & Pedro Vicente, with Sandra.Sequeira 🔗bit.ly/4hrgICZ

📢 New publication in the Journal of Development Economics! With Samuel Berlinski, we study what happens when a long-ignored labor law in Brazil finally gets enforced—and how the effects spread across firm networks. 1/7

🚀 Brazil's Pix + Open Finance = a potential game-changer for MSMEs' finance! Our latest Innovations for Poverty Action blog post sheds light on how Brazil's Pix and Open Finance initiatives can bridge the $593B financing gap for MSMEs: bit.ly/MSME-Pix #EconTwitter

New paper out in Science Magazine! Brain drain or brain gain? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

📢 New Publication in Science Magazine! "Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Effects of High-Skilled International Emigration on Origin Countries" Read our summary thread below! 🔗 Read the full article here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Thank you Tim Phillips Talk Normal for a great conversation on the VoxDev podcast together with Caroline Theoharides on our recent Science Magazine article The "brain drain" is only part of the story—skilled migration can benefit origin countries too. 🎧 voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

Our paper "Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment" is now in print in the Review of Economics and Statistics! Main finding? Mobile money increased out-migration from rural areas and reduced agricultural investment. 🔗 doi.org/10.1162/rest_a…

📢 @NOVAFRICA – International Growth Centre Quelimane 2025 Webinar Series Join us for the start of the series w/NOVAFRICA Scientific Director & NovaSBE Prof. Pedro Vicente on: Integration of rural migrants into cities 📅 Mon, Sep 1 | 1pm (PT) / 2pm (Moz)📍Teams Info: bit.ly/46XjbDQ

In a recent BBC Business Daily interview, Catia Batista @NOVAFRICA discusses brain drain and brain gain, highlighting Cyprus as a case of how return migration can influence development. This follows her Science article “Brain Drain or Brain Gain?” 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

It was an amazing opportunity to present the results of our research to a group of teachers, school principals, school counsellors, and policy makers. In Cape Verde, 8 out of 10 students finishing high school express a desire to continue their studies abroad.

🚀 Applications are open for the #PhD in #Economics at NovaSBE ! Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with @NOVAFRICA researchers. 🔗 Apply: novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/ph… 🔗 More about NOVAFRICA: novafrica.org

Our next session in the @NOVAFRICA – International Growth Centre at Quelimane 2025 Webinar is here! Join Patrícia Caetano PhD Candidate at USC for a discussion on: Mobilisation, Small Infrastructure, and Floods 📅 Monday, Oct 20 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz 📍 Online via Teams: bit.ly/4nV9viJ

In a recent podcast, I discussed why investing in #migrant #integration policies is key to reaping the win-win benefits of international migration – with an application to recent immigration to Portugal. Thanks to José Maria Pimentel 45 Graus Expresso expresso.pt/podcasts/45-gr…

Join us learning #DevelopmentEconomics at NovaSBE #MasterInEconomics! Apply here: novasbe.unl.pt/en/programs/ma…

I spoke with #Media4DevelopmentMoçambique about our work on the impacts of #MobileMoney in rural #Mozambique, based on research joint with Pedro Vicente published in the #ReviewOfEconomicsAndStatistics. 🧵👇 Interview: issuu.com/media4developm… Paper: doi.org/10.1162/rest_a…

#Econtwitter #EconJobMarket Welcome Economists! I'm a #EconJMC from UCSDEcon. Happy to share my #EconJMP! Website: fulviabudillon.com Many low-income countries have reached near-universal access to facility birth, while neonatal mortality remains high. Why? [1/5]