Economist | Associate Professor @NovaSBE | Also at @cepr_org @iza_bonn @TheIFS @novafrica | PhD @EconUCL | From Aosta, Italy 🏔🏔🏔🏔

Lisbon, Portugal
Joined August 2011
Thanks to @ERC_Research funding, we are bringing the @cepr_org Development Economics Symposium to Lisbon. Submit your papers and looking forward to see you @NovaSBE in April 2025
📢#CallForPapers CEPR and @NovaSBE will jointly organise a #conference on #Development #Economics to take place in Lisbon, Portugal from 23-24 April 2025. Submissions now open! 📆Deadline: 24 November 2024 More details and submit here: ow.ly/Vi4950TQAzZ
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Check out the August 2026 issue (24,4) of @JEEA_News Journal of @EEANews @OUPAcademic Teaching materials available: eeassoc.org/teaching-materia… academic.oup.com/jeea/issue
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21450 On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique @ARMANDalex @NovaSBE @TheIFS, Frederica Mendonça @NovaSBE @novafrica, Wayne Sandholtz @NovaSBE @CESifoGroup @iza_bonn, @pedrocvicente @NovaSBE @novafrica ow.ly/gYH450YW6xc #CEPR_DE #EconTwitter
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🚨 New paper out! We show how Malawi’s 1990s shift toward a “modern family” ideal led to lower fertility, later marriage, and delayed first births. A clear case of how ideational change drives fertility transitions #women #family #children
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20852 The Family According to the State: Modernization Ideals and Fertility Decline Alex Armand @ARMANDalex, Marion Richard, & Yannik Schenk @NovaSBE ow.ly/QWaA50XvG03 #CEPR_DE #EconTwitter
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20852 The Family According to the State: Modernization Ideals and Fertility Decline Alex Armand @ARMANDalex, Marion Richard, & Yannik Schenk @NovaSBE ow.ly/QWaA50XvG03 #CEPR_DE #EconTwitter
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🚨 New in the Journal of Development Economics: Can wage subsidies break the cycle of long-term unemployment? By @NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Professor @ARMANDalex with @carneiro_econ #FrancescoTagliati @YimingXia1 A large-scale RCT puts it to the test and the results are striking!🧵
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📢 Call for Papers: #CEPR Political Economy Symposium 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 14 Sep 2025 |📍Lisbon,@NovaSBE @cepr_org invites submissions on political economy topics—development, conflict, inequality, & more. Limited slots for high-impact discussion. Apply: ow.ly/bPfT50Wof2t
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👏Thank you for joining us at the @cepr_org Development Economics Symposium 2025, joint with @NovaSBE @NOVAFRICA @ERC_Research ! We had an incredible two days filled with thoughtful discussions and amazing research on development economics. See you at future NOVAFRICA events!
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🎉 Finally! session 6 is about to kick off at #CEPRNovaSBE2025! Chaired by @ARMANDalex (@NovaSBE & @NOVAFRICA) 👇 Follow the papers in this thread:
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🎉 It’s here! The @cepr_org Development Economics Annual Symposium 2025, hosted jointly with @NovaSBE @NOVAFRICA @ERC_Research is happening today in Carcavelos. We’ll be live-tweeting throughout the day — stay tuned for real-time updates, insights, and highlights. #EconDev
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SESSION 2 now live at #CEPRNovaSBE2025! (Thread) 📍Room D-115 Chaired by @DeserrannoErika (@Bocconi, @NorthwesternU & @CEPR) This session dives into public service delivery and healthcare systems across India and beyond. 👇 Follow the papers in this thread:
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🎊 SESSION 1 kicking off at #CEPRNova2025! (A thread) Chaired by @ARMANDalex (@NovaSBE & @NOVAFRICA), we kick off the day with exciting papers on bureaucracies, trading networks, and tax compliance in Uganda and Senegal. 👇 Follow the papers in this thread:
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🎓 Mini-course on Subjective Expectations in Economics 🎓 📅 For PhD students | June 8, 2025 📍 Nova SBE, Lisbon Gain insights on this rapidly growing area & stay for the 8th workshop on Subjective Expectations 🔗 Apply now: forms.office.com/e/XWj0ZBKZs…
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One-year post-doc position in the Economics of Crime at the University of Turin, Italy @EconomicsUnito. @CollegioCA Flexible starting date, deadline in one week! PhD needed. Email me if you have any questions. bandi.mur.gov.it/bandi.php/p…
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From #media narratives to racial #equality: How Superman helped to pave the ground for Civil Rights @ARMANDalex, @atwellpaul, @j_fgomes, Giuseppe Musillo @TilburgU, Yannik Schenk @LIDAM_UCLouvain ow.ly/ZC1950SWFwn
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Can media narratives combat racial prejudice? Our research shows that portraying #equality in 1940s children's stories, like @Superman, boosted civil rights support, #racial assimilation, and #progressive politics in post-WWII US. Discover more @voxeu @NovaSBE @DCOfficial
A sudden shift in the narrative of the 1940s children’s radio program The Adventures of Superman provides a historical experiment on media and tolerance. @ARMANDalex, @atwellpaul, @j_fgomes, G Musillo @TilburgU, Y Schenk @LIDAM_UCLouvain ow.ly/XHmU50SWF1M
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