Professor of Economics | NovaSBE
Founder and Scientific Director | NOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social
International migration, economic development & policy impact evaluation
https://catiabatista.org/
Catia Batista
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It was a pleasure talking to #LĆderMagazine about our work on #immigrant #integration in Portugal.
We discussed how access to information can be a powerful tool for immigrant integration.
An information app provided practical information about access to jobs and legal rules.
Read the full interview here (PT only):
lidermagazine.sapo.pt/catia-batist...
But we also found that the effects of integration policies depend on the political environment at destination.
More immigrant-hostile environments make it harder for immigrants to learn local norms (such as gender equality or political participation) and share them back home.
Delighted to serve as keynote speaker for this brilliant Development Economics Workshop!
Many thanks to @tmolinamillan.bsky.social for the invite. Looking forward to a great conference this October in Alicante!
Our experimental impact evaluation shows that access to information helped immigrants:
ā find better jobs
ā build stronger social ties with native Portuguese
ā develop higher aspirations for their future!
This interview was based on our recent @novafrica.bsky.social
@NovaSBE Working Paper
From Destination to Origin: Experimental Evidence on the International Spillovers of Migrant Integration
with #LaraBohnet @gazeaud.bsky.social @juliaseither.bsky.social
Read here:
novafrica.org/research/fro...
š¢ The 2026 @novafrica.bsky.social Conference on Economic Development is already next week!
Join leading researchers and policymakers on 18ā19 June for two days of cutting-edge research and discussions on economic development.
š Program & info: tinyurl.com/uzc7dyc8
#NOVAFRICA2026
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š¢ @novafrica.bsky.social Seminar with #HarvardBusinessSchool Prof. #LiviaAlfonsi presenting:
āWhom You Know, Whom You Recommend, and the Role of Referrals in Gender Occupational Segregationā
š May 27 | 11:30 AM | @NovaSBE & Online
š tinyurl.com/46svn5dy
We are honored to welcome #NobelLaureate Abhijit Banerjee @mit.edu as keynote speaker at the @novafrica.bsky.social 2026 Conference at #NovaSBE.
His talk, āJust Economicsā, will explore how economic thinking can contribute to fairer and more effective public policy in a rapidly changing world.
