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Working Papers

2018

1. Keep It Simple: A Field Experiment on Information Sharing in Social Networks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA (2018)
2. Migration, Political Institutions, and Social Networks
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA (2017) View citations (4)
   CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2018)
3. Understanding willingness to migrate illegally: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA

2017

4. Improving access to savings through mobile money: Experimental evidence from smallholder farmers in Mozambique
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA View citations (2)

2016

5. 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, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA
6. Migrant intentions to return: The role of migrant social networks
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA

2014

7. Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA (2013) View citations (6)
   CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (8)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (2)
   Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015)
8. 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
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (9)
   Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2014) View citations (4)
9. Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance?
   NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2016)
10. Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, 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)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (10)
    Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2014) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2018)
11. 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 (8)
    Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2013) View citations (4)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in IZA Journal of Migration and Development (2014)
12. Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA (2014) View citations (10)
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2014) View citations (14)

2013

13. Introducing mobile money in rural Mozambique: Evidence from a field experiment
    NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Economia, NOVAFRICA View citations (15)
14. Stages of Diversification in a Neoclassical World
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2014)

2011

15. Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (69)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (21)
    Norface Discussion Paper Series, Norface Research Programme on Migration, Department of Economics, University College London (2011) View citations (61)
    The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS (2009) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in World Bank Economic Review (2011)

2010

16. 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)
17. Testing the 'Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series, IIIS (2009) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2012)

2009

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

2008

19. International Specialization and the Return to Capital, 1976-2000
    ESSEC Working Papers, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School View citations (15)
20. 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 (18)

2007

21. Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Micro Evidence from an African Success Story
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (14)
22. Heckscher-Ohlin Specialization and the Marginal Product of Capital, 1976-2000
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
23. Joining the EU: Capital Flows, Migration and Wages
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (8)
24. Stages of diversification and specialization in an Heckscher-Ohlin world, 1976-2000
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2006

25. Stages of Diversification and Capital Accumulation in an Heckscher-Ohlin World, 1975-1995
    ESSEC Working Papers, ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School View citations (14)

2004

26. Can the IMF's Medium-Term Growth Projections Be Improved?
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (11)

Journal Articles

2019

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

2018

2. Migrant Remittances and Information Flows: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (1), 203-219 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2017

3. Return Migration, Self-selection and Entrepreneurship
   Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (5), 797-821 View citations (7)

2016

4. Do migrants send remittances as a way of self-insurance?
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68, (1), 108-130 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2015

5. Directed giving: Evidence from an inter-household transfer experiment
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 2-21 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
6. International specialization and the return to capital
   The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2015, 15, (2), 467-508
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2014

7. Migration, risk attitudes, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a representative immigrant survey
   IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2014, 3, (1), 1-25 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
8. Stages of diversification in a neoclassical world
   Economics Letters, 2014, 122, (2), 276-284 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

9. Testing the ‘brain gain’ hypothesis: Micro evidence from Cape Verde
   Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (1), 32-45 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

10. Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment
    World Bank Economic Review, 2011, 25, (1), 77-104 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper (2011)