Vitor Cavalcante

PhD Student at @novasbe

[Vitor Cavalcante @vcavalcante__]

@Het_Agents hey Manoel, lets connect if you are still around Maputo 🙌

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

🧠Brain drain or brain gain?
New @IZAWorldofLabor article by @NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and @NovaSBE Prof @cbatista_econ

"The brain drain from developing countries"
with @FredericDo696 @LISERinLUX

Full article: https://t.co/StMk2OfcWZ
More research: https://t.co/822rg1NSKJ

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

📢@NOVAFRICA and @NovaSBE PhD student @vcavalcante__ featured in debate on Africa’s labor market challenges on @rtppt África, discussing informality in labor market dynamics across Africa

���Full Interview: https://t.co/IlG9oxOHil

🔗@NOVAFRICA: https://t.co/RrWlJ21WiY

[Piero De Dominicis @p_dedominicis]

📣 Call for Papers: 4th Milan PhD Economics Workshop

We invite PhD students & early-career researchers to submit papers in all areas of economics, finance & accounting for presentation at @Unibocconi, 12–13 May 2026.

Paper Submission Deadline: 28 February.

Info below ⬇️

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[VoxDev @vox_dev]

📢 Call for economics job market candidates

@EconomicMisfit invites you to share a non-technical summary of your job market paper, which will be published as part of an ongoing blog series: https://t.co/qMvAIXlIY2

See details below⤵️

[Fulvia Budillon @fulviabudillon]

#Econtwitter #EconJobMarket
@WelcomeEcon

I'm a #EconJMC from @UCSDEcon. Happy to share my #EconJMP!

Website: https://t.co/pyHDoaUtQ3

Many low-income countries have reached near-universal access to facility birth, while neonatal mortality remains high.

Why? [1/5]

[Catia Batista @cbatista_econ]

I spoke with #Media4DevelopmentMoçambique about our work on the impacts of #MobileMoney in rural #Mozambique, based on research joint with
@pedrocvicente published in the #ReviewOfEconomicsAndStatistics. 🧵👇

Interview: https://t.co/NTMAkU8KhI

Paper: https://t.co/yr5imvK38a

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

Join us learning #DevelopmentEconomics at @NovaSBE #MasterInEconomics!

Apply here: https://t.co/A2cDdfQZT8

[Catia Batista @cbatista_econ]

In a recent podcast, I discussed why investing in #migrant #integration policies is key to reaping the win-win benefits of international migration – with an application to recent immigration to Portugal.

Thanks to @pimenteljm @45graus @expresso

https://t.co/Cb9kf09Xw8

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

Our next session in the @NOVAFRICA – @The_IGC at Quelimane 2025 Webinar is here!

Join @patscaetano PhD Candidate at @USC for a discussion on:

Mobilisation, Small Infrastructure, and Floods

📅 Monday, Oct 20 | 1pm PT / 2pm Moz
📍 Online via Teams: https://t.co/MLNsGZVROz

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

🚀 Applications are open for the #PhD in #Economics at @NovaSBE !

Shape the future of #DevelopmentEconomics with hands-on research, full funding and collaboration with @NOVAFRICA researchers.

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/EfJMmGTZM0
🔗 More about NOVAFRICA: https://t.co/VlXXWJd3Ei

[Pedro Freitas @PedrolcFreitas]

It was an amazing opportunity to present the results of our research to a group of teachers, school principals, school counsellors, and policy makers. In Cape Verde, 8 out of 10 students finishing high school express a desire to continue their studies abroad.

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

In a recent @BBC Business Daily interview, @cbatista_econ @NOVAFRICA discusses brain drain and brain gain, highlighting Cyprus as a case of how return migration can influence development.

This follows her Science article “Brain Drain or Brain Gain?”

🎧 https://t.co/HsTODvYwh4

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

📢 @NOVAFRICA – @The_IGC Quelimane 2025 Webinar Series

Join us for the start of the series w/NOVAFRICA Scientific Director & @NovaSBE Prof. @pedrocvicente on:

Integration of rural migrants into cities

📅 Mon, Sep 1 | 1pm (PT) / 2pm (Moz)📍Teams

Info: https://t.co/Bp8j070NOU

[Catia Batista @cbatista_econ]

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.

🔗 https://t.co/yr5imvK38a

[Catia Batista @cbatista_econ]

Thank you @timsvengali for a great conversation on the @vox_dev podcast together with @ctheoharides on our recent @ScienceMagazine article

The "brain drain" is only part of the story—skilled migration can benefit origin countries too.

🎧 https://t.co/9j9nbU1eXP

[NOVAFRICA @novafrica]

📢 New Publication in @ScienceMagazine!

"Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Effects of High-Skilled International Emigration on Origin Countries"

Read our summary thread below!

🔗 Read the full article here: https://t.co/ezrev3p8pA

[Catia Batista @cbatista_econ]

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine!

Brain drain or brain gain?
Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries

https://t.co/vh8XM13y1f

[Lucas Argentieri Mariani @lucasmariani89]

🚀 Brazil's Pix + Open Finance = a potential game-changer for MSMEs' finance!

Our latest @poverty_action blog post sheds light on how Brazil's Pix and Open Finance initiatives can bridge the $593B financing gap for MSMEs: https://t.co/8DoE9IF9eR

#EconTwitter

[Jessica Gagete-Miranda @GageteJessica]

📢 New publication in the Journal of Development Economics! With Samuel Berlinski, we study what happens when a long-ignored labor law in Brazil finally gets enforced—and how the effects spread across firm networks. 1/7