I spoke with #Media4DevelopmentMoçambique about our work on the impacts of #MobileMoney in rural #Mozambique, based on research joint with #PedroVicente published in the #ReviewOfEconomicsAndStatistics. 🧵👇

Interview: issuu.com/media4develo...

Paper: doi.org/10.1162/rest...

I was happy to join the "Forum de Economia" at #BancodePortugal to discuss the topic of #Youth #Emigration from #Portugal.

Important insights from the work by #NunoAlves and #VandaCunha, who brought much-needed evidence to a key public policy debate.

Read more: www.bportugal.pt/en/node/427935

Conference on #Migration and #Education - Sept 30

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

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...

Thank you @talknormal.co.uk for a great conversation on the @voxdev.bsky.social podcast together with #CarolineTheoharides on our recent @science.org article.

The "brain drain" is only part of the story—skilled migration can benefit origin countries too.

🎧 voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

Thank you to #ClaraTeixeira for an engaging conversation on how emigration can contribute to the economic development of countries of origin, and other migration policy and politics related topics.

Full interview (PT only) now out in #RevistaVisao:
visao.pt?p=2219198

New paper out in @science.org!

“Brain drain” or “brain gain”?
Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries

doi.org/10.1126/scie...

New paper out in #JDE!

"What Matters for the Decision to Study Abroad? A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Cape Verde"

Joint with #DavidCosta #PedroFreitas #GoncaloLima #AnaReis

Read open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...