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Working Papers
2022
- Can Information and Alternatives to Irregular Migration Reduce “Backway” Migration from TheGambia ?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 
Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2022)
- Closing the gender profit gap?
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library 
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1) NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2021) View citations (2) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (1)
- Healthcare assimilation of immigrants
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
- Integrating immigrants as a tool for broad development
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
- Social networks and mental health: the experience of Cape-Verdean migrants in Portugal
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
2021
- How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
- How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe and to a Neighboring African Country? Survey Evidence and a Salience Experiment in the Gambia
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2021) View citations (2) CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2021) View citations (2)
- Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment
CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London 
Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2018) View citations (9)
- Keep It Simple: A Field Experiment on Information Sharing among Strangers
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 
See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2022)
- Testing Classic Theories of Migration in the Lab
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2021) View citations (7) NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2021) View citations (7) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (2) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
- The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in border closures in many countries and a sharp reduction in overall international mobility. However, this disruption of legal pathways to migration has raised concerns that potential migrants may turn to irregular migration routes as a substitute. This paper examines how the pandemic has changed intentions to migrate from The Gambia, the country with the highest pre-pandemic per-capita irregular migration rates in Africa. A large-scale panel survey conducted in 2019 and 2020 is used to compare changes in intentions to migrate to Europe and to neighboring Senegal. The data show that the pandemic has reduced the intention to migrate to both destinations, with approximately one-third of young males expressing less intention to migrate. The largest reductions in migration intentions are for individuals who were unsure of their intent pre- pandemic, and for poorer individuals who are no longer able to afford the costs of migrating at a time when these costs have increased and their remittance income has fallen. This paper also introduces the methodology of priming experiments to the study of migration intentions, by randomly varying the salience of the COVID-19 pandemic before eliciting intentions to migrate. There is no impact of this added salience, which appears to be because knowledge of the virus, while imperfect, was already enough to inform migration decisions. Nevertheless, despite these decreases in intentions, the overall desire to migrate the backway to Europe remains high, highlighting the need for legal migration path- ways to support migrants and divert them from the risks of backway migration
NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra
2020
- Adopting Mobile Money: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Africa
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2020) View citations (10)
See also Journal Article in AEA Papers and Proceedings (2020)
2019
- Aspirations, expectations, identities: behavioral constraints of micro-entrepreneurs
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (4)
- Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from African Smallholder Farmers
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 
See also Journal Article in World Development (2020)
2018
- Keep It Simple: A Field Experiment on Information Sharing in Social Networks
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2018)
- Migration, Political Institutions, and Social Networks
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2018) View citations (2) NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2017) View citations (4)
- Understanding willingness to migrate illegally: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (15)
2017
- Improving access to savings through mobile money: Experimental evidence from smallholder farmers in Mozambique
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (5)
2016
- Assessing the role of social networks on migrant labor market outcomes: Evidence from a representative immigrant survey
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (1)
- Migrant intentions to return: The role of migrant social networks
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
2014
- Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (8) Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (7) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (6) NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2013) View citations (7)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015)
- Do Migrants Send Remittances as a Way of Self-Insurance? Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (10)
Also in Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2014) View citations (7) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (13)
- Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance?
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (6)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2016)
- Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London View citations (12)
Also in 2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014) View citations (4) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (18) NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2013) View citations (10) CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (21)
See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2018)
- Migration, Risk Attitudes, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Representative Immigrant Survey
Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London View citations (14)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (2) CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in IZA Journal of Migration and Development (2014)
- Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (26)
Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2014) View citations (18) NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA (2014) View citations (14)
2013
- Introducing mobile money in rural Mozambique: Evidence from a field experiment
NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA View citations (17)
- Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) 
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2014)
2011
- Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (127)
Also in Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2011) View citations (124) The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS (2009) View citations (11) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (24)
See also Journal Article in The World Bank Economic Review (2011)
2010
- International Specialization and the Return to Capital
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Also in The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS (2009) 
See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (2015)
- Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
Also in The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS (2009) View citations (39)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2012)
2009
- Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis: The case of Cape Verde
Working Papers, Banco de España View citations (4)
2008
- International Specialization and the Return to Capital, 1976-2000
ESSEC Working Papers, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School View citations (16)
- Why Doesn't Labor Flow from Poor to Rich Countries? Micro Evidence from the European Integration Experience
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (19)
2007
- Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)
Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (19)
- Heckscher-Ohlin Specialization and the Marginal Product of Capital, 1976-2000
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
- Joining the EU: Capital Flows, Migration and Wages
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (9)
- Stages of diversification and specialization in an Heckscher-Ohlin world, 1976-2000
Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
2006
- Stages of Diversification and Capital Accumulation in an Heckscher-Ohlin World, 1975-1995
ESSEC Working Papers, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School View citations (15)
2004
- Can the IMF's Medium-Term Growth Projections Be Improved?
IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (8)
Journal Articles
2022
- Keep It Simple: A Field Experiment on Information Sharing among Strangers
(Changing Saving and Investment Behavior: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training and Reminders on Micro-Businesses)
The World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36, (4), 857-888 
See also Working Paper (2021)
2020
- Adopting Mobile Money: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Africa
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 594-98 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper (2020)
- Improving access to savings through mobile money: Experimental evidence from African smallholder farmers
World Development, 2020, 129, (C) View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (2019)
2019
- Do migrant social networks shape political attitudes and behavior at home?
World Development, 2019, 117, (C), 328-343 View citations (6)
2018
- Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (1), 203-219 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2014)
2017
- Return Migration, Self-selection and Entrepreneurship
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (5), 797-821 View citations (14)
2016
- Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance?
Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68, (1), 108-130 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2014)
2015
- Directed giving: Evidence from an inter-household transfer experiment
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 2-21 View citations (24)
See also Working Paper (2014)
- International specialization and the return to capital
The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2015, 15, (2), 467-508 
See also Working Paper (2010)
2014
- Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a representative immigrant survey
IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2014, 3, (1), 1-25 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2014)
- Stages of diversification in a neoclassical world
Economics Letters, 2014, 122, (2), 276-284 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2013)
2012
- Testing the ‘brain gain’ hypothesis: Micro evidence from Cape Verde
Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 32-45 View citations (61)
See also Working Paper (2010)
2011
- Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
The World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25, (1), 77-104 View citations (126)
See also Working Paper (2011)
Chapters
2014
- Remittance Flows to Developing Countries: Trends, Importance and Impact
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)
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