tempo conference on international migration - conference webpage here
main publications
Testing the “Brain Gain” Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde, Journal of Development Economics (2012), 97(1): 32-45. (joint with Aitor Lacuesta and Pedro C. Vicente)
Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment, World Bank Economic Review (2011), 25 (1): 77-104. (joint with Pedro C. Vicente)
work in progress and working papers
A Randomized Impact Evaluation of Mobile Banking in Mozambique (joint with Pedro C. Vicente)
Mobilizing migrant remittances for agricultural modernization in Mozambique (joint with Dean Yang)
Migration and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Immigrants in Ireland (joint with Gaia Narciso)
Migration and Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from Immigrants in Ireland (joint with Janis Umblijs)
Migration, Institutions and Social Networks in Mozambique (joint with Pedro C. Vicente)
Gains from Return Migration: Micro Evidence from an African Success Story (joint with Pedro C. Vicente)
Return Migration, Entrepreneurship and Self-Selection (joint with Tara McIndoe-Calder and Pedro C. Vicente), work in progress, email me to receive a preliminary draft
Why Doesn't Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries? Micro Evidence from the European Integration Experience, Oxford Working Paper No. 402
International Specialization and the Return to Capital, IZA Discussion Paper No. 4683 (also Oxford Working Paper No. 357) (joint with Jacques Potin)
Stages of Diversification in a Heckscher-Ohlin World, Oxford Working Paper No. 356 (joint with Jacques Potin)
Joining the EU: Capital Flows, Migration and Wages, University of Oxford, Oxford Working Paper No. 342
Skill Premium in Portugal: Some Evidence on the Capital-Skill Complementarity Hypothesis, University of Chicago, Working Paper, email me to receive a draft
Can the Fund's Medium-Term Growth Projections Be Improved?, IMF Working Paper No. 04/203 (joint with Juan Zalduendo)