international conferences organized
Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship (including Online Appendix), Forthcoming Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (joint with Tara McIndoe-Calder and Pedro C. Vicente)
Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment (including Online Appendix), Forthcoming World Bank Economic Review (joint with Gaia Narciso)
Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance?, Oxford Economic Papers, January 2016, 68 (1): 108-130. (joint with Janis Umblijs)
Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, October 2015, 118: 2-21. (Lead Article.) (joint with Dan Silverman and Dean Yang)
International Specialization and the Return to Capital, B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), July 2015, 15 (2): 467–508. (joint with Jacques Potin)
Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World, Economics Letters, February 2014, 122(2): 276-284. (joint with Jacques Potin)
Migration, Risk Attitudes and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey, IZA Journal of Migration, September 2014, 3:17. (joint with Janis Umblijs)
Testing the “Brain Gain” Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde, Journal of Development Economics, January 2012, 97(1): 32-45. (joint with Aitor Lacuesta and Pedro C. Vicente)
see reference in The Economist here
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment, World Bank Economic Review, May 2011, 25 (1): 77-104. (joint with Pedro C. Vicente)
Introducing Mobile Money in Rural Mozambique: Three-Year Evidence from a Field Experiment (joint with Pedro C. Vicente), in progress, email me to receive a preliminary draft
Promoting Correct Fertilizer Use through Information and Commitment Savings using Mobile Banking (joint with Pedro C. Vicente and Dean Yang), in progress, email me to receive a preliminary draft
Migration, Institutions and Social Networks in Mozambique (joint with Julia Seither and Pedro C. Vicente), in progress, email me to receive a preliminary draft
Migrant networks and migrant intentions to return (joint with Francesco Cestari), NOVAFRICA Working Paper No. 1602.
Assessing the Role of Social Networks on Migrant Labor Market Outcomes (joint with Ana Isabel Costa), NOVAFRICA Working Paper No. 1601.
Introducing Mobile Money in Rural Mozambique: Initial Evidence from a Field Experiment (joint with Pedro C. Vicente), NOVAFRICA Working Paper No. 1301
Why Doesn't Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries? Micro Evidence from the European Integration Experience, Oxford Working Paper No. 402
Joining the EU: Capital Flows, Migration and Wages, Oxford Working Paper No. 342
Can the Fund's Medium-Term Growth Projections Be Improved?, IMF Working Paper No. 04/203 (joint with Juan Zalduendo)
Information Gaps, Poverty and Irregular Migration in the Gambia (joint with Tijan Bah)
Grade Shaming or Healthy Competition? How Public Relative Performance Feedback Affects Students’ Achievements (joint with Julia Seither and Alex Coutts)
Entrepreneurship Training in Mozambique: The Role of Business Skills vs. Aspirations (joint with Julia Seither)
Farmer participatory experimentation in Mozambique (joint with Gharad Bryan and Dean Karlan)
The Diffusion of Mobile Money: Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field (joint with Marcel Fafchamps and Pedro C. Vicente)
Mobile Money, Business Training and Microenterprise Development in Mozambique (joint with Sandra Sequeira and Pedro C. Vicente)
How Effective is Unemployment Training in Recession Times? Evidence from a Randomized Impact Evaluation
international conferences organized
2016 novafrica conference on economic development in africa - conference webpage here
2012 novafrica conference on economic development in africa - conference webpage here
tempo conference on international migration - conference webpage here