Catia Batista

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_a…

The Philippines "brain drain"

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! Brain drain or brain gain? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

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_a…

🚨 New Paper Alert "Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment" By @NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors & @NovaSBE Professors @cbatista_econ and @pedrocvicente in print in The Review of Economics and Statistics @restatjournal 📄 doi.org/10.1162/rest_a…

"More than necessarily trying to attract people back home is to make sure that there are good conditions at home, so that the country can benefit from those that decide to emigrate." @cbatista_econ (@NovaSBE) on #VoxDevTalks this week: x.com/vox_dev/status…

This week we featured research on industrial policy, brain drain, climate conflict, and more... Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-dev…

🎙️ In a recent @vox_dev talk, @NOVAFRICA Scientific Director @cbatista_econ & @ctheoharides discuss key findings from their @ScienceMagazine paper: “Brain Drain or Brain Gain? The Impact of High-Skilled Migration on Origin Countries.” 🎧 Listen here: voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

"Do not assume a brain drain. Do not assume that, because people are leaving, the origin country will be harmed." @cbatista_econ (@NovaSBE) on #VoxDevTalks today: x.com/vox_dev/status…

🆕 Why ‘Brain Drain’ is an incomplete story of migration 📢 Today on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @cbatista_econ (@NovaSBE) & @ctheoharides (@AmherstCollege) discuss the channels through which emigration can benefit origin countries: voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

In the May issue, "Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment" by Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente zurl.co/2QJz7

Children that work in markets in India are good at maths when a customer makes a complicated request, but bad when facing an abstract maths problem as presented in school. Children that don't work in markets show the opposite pattern. Very cool. nature.com/articles/s4158…

📢 Brain Drain or Brain Gain? In a recent @Visao_pt interview, @cbatista_econ @NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE explains how high-skilled migration can boost the development of origin countries. 🔗 Full Interview: visao.pt/?p=2219198 📄 Science Article: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

📢 New Open Call for PhD in #Economics at @NovaSBE! Missed the first round? Here’s another chance to apply and focus on Development Economics! Full funding, top faculty & collaboration with @NOVAFRICA. Apply by June 20, 2025: lnkd.in/dC5EXWcu #PhD #DevelopmentEconomics

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) in @Visao_pt: visao.pt/?p=2219198

Brain drain or brain gain? Highlighting research that uses empirical methods to estimate causal effects of emigration, the authors of a new #ScienceReview examine how migration opportunities can prove beneficial for origin countries. scim.ag/44Mrstb