Professor of Economics | NovaSBE
Founder and Scientific Director | NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social
International migration, economic development & policy impact evaluation
https://catiabatista.org/
“Brain drain” or “brain gain”?
Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Interview: issuu.com/media4develo...
Paper: doi.org/10.1162/rest...
Mobile money does much more than speed up transactions - it can transform rural economies, strengthen resilience, and accelerate structural change and urbanization.
Despite less farming, households reported higher well-being, fewer episodes of hunger, and higher spending on essentials like education and medicines.
With more urban migration opportunities, families reduced agricultural activity and investment. This shows how simple financial technologies can shift labour and reshape local economies.
The value of remittances received more than doubled for treated households — especially when they were hit by shocks like floods or health problems. Mobile money became a powerful tool for risk sharing.
Households with access to mobile money were 14.5 percentage points more likely to have a migrant two years later. Cheaper, safer remittances make migration a more viable strategy.
We followed about 100 villages over 3 years to measure how this technology reshaped rural life.
Interview: issuu.com/media4develo...
Paper: doi.org/10.1162/rest...
Reposted by Cátia Batista
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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
Reposted by David McKenzie, Cátia Batista
Issue 4 of our VoxDevLit on Training Entrepreneurs by @dmckenzie.bsky.social, Christopher Woodruff & Co-Editors is out now!➡️ voxdev.org/voxdevlit/tr...
Today's podcast covers the update➡️ voxdev.org/topic/firms/...
Thank you to #JoseMariaPimentel and the #45Graus podcast @jornalexpresso.bsky.social
We discussed evidence from our recent @science.org article on how emigration can be harnessed to support the economic development of origin countries.
Reposted by Cátia Batista
Reposted by Cátia Batista, Wayne Sandholtz
Reposted by Cátia Batista
Research of @catiabatista.bsky.social challenges this - migration possibilities can boost education back home.
Final episode powered by @researchluxembourg.org. Next season: research across Europe!
#migration #economics #podcast
Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Cátia Batista, Danila Serra
Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with NOVAFRICA researchers.
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Mobile money and migration:
doi.org/10.1162/rest...
Brain drain vs brain gain:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Plus, an AI-generated music of my research findings! 😊
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Reposted by Cátia Batista
Reposted by Cátia Batista
“Research is as much about people as it is about data.”
We are excited to hear from NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE PhD Candidate @vcavalcante.bsky.social on his journey across Africa & Europe and his PhD on migration & finance.
🔗 Read more in our blog: bit.ly/4pUQyON
Reposted by Cátia Batista
This follows her Science article “Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Impact of High-Skilled Migration on Origin Countries.”
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Join us online on Tuesday starting 11m GMT / 6am EST with interesting presentations and discussion throughout the day!
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Program: bit.ly/4nJoXya
@novafrica.bsky.social @liser.lu @liser-cb.bsky.social
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NOVAFRICA promotes a discussion on youth & high-skilled migration and its impact on economic development.
w/ #NovaSBE #EconomicsEducationKC @liser.lu & #UnivCaboVerde
Program: bit.ly/4nJoXya
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Thank you to @danielrosney.bsky.social for an interesting conversation!
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His research focuses on labor economics, with an emphasis on informality, entrepreneurship, finance, and the design of public policies.
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