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Working Papers

2022

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. Healthcare assimilation of immigrants
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
4. Integrating immigrants as a tool for broad development
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA
5. 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

6. How Has COVID-19 Affected the Intention to Migrate via the Backway to Europe
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
7. 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)
8. 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)
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)
10. 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)
11. 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

12. 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

13. 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)
14. 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

15. 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)
16. 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)
17. 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

18. 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

19. 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)
20. 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

21. 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)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. 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)
25. 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)
26. 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

27. 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)
28. Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2014)

2011

29. 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

30. 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)
31. 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

32. Micro evidence of the brain gain hypothesis: The case of Cape Verde
    Working Papers, Banco de España View citations (4)

2008

33. International Specialization and the Return to Capital, 1976-2000
    ESSEC Working Papers, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School View citations (16)
34. 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

35. 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)
36. Heckscher-Ohlin Specialization and the Marginal Product of Capital, 1976-2000
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
37. Joining the EU: Capital Flows, Migration and Wages
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (9)
38. Stages of diversification and specialization in an Heckscher-Ohlin world, 1976-2000
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2006

39. 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

40. Can the IMF's Medium-Term Growth Projections Be Improved?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2022

1. 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

2. 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)
3. 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

4. Do migrant social networks shape political attitudes and behavior at home?
   World Development, 2019, 117, (C), 328-343 View citations (6)

2018

5. 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

6. Return Migration, Self-selection and Entrepreneurship
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (5), 797-821 View citations (14)

2016

7. 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

8. 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)
9. International specialization and the return to capital
   The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2015, 15, (2), 467-508
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2014

10. 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)
11. Stages of diversification in a neoclassical world
    Economics Letters, 2014, 122, (2), 276-284 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

12. 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

13. 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

1. Remittance Flows to Developing Countries: Trends, Importance and Impact
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)