Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mattia Fracchia
Citation names
- Fracchia, Mattia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- CE1C-4615-8FF2
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5365-9613
Telephones
- Telephone
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- (+351) 914409408 (Personal)
Addresses
- Nova School of Business and Economics, Rua da Holanda 1, 2775-405, Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal (Professional)
- Calçada da Estrela, 115 2, 1200-662, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Personal)
Websites
- https://mattiafracchia.com/ (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Economics
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Italian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) |
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2015/08/01 - 2024/04/01
Ongoing
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PhD in Economics and Finance (Doutoramento)
Major in Development Economics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
"Essays in Behavioral Development Economics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2012/09/01 - 2013/07/01
Concluded
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MSc in Economic Analysis (Master)
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Spain
"Gender based taxation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008/09/01 - 2011/11/15
Concluded
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BSc in Economics and Social Sciences (Laurea)
Università Bocconi, Italy
"Italian Citizens' Attitudes towards Inheritance Taxation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2016/06/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro NOVAFRICA, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2015 - 2016 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021 - Current | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Principal investigator
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics
Concluded
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2020 - 2021 | Beliefs and Behaviours around COVID-19 in Mozambique (20,000 GBP)
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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IGC
Concluded
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2016 - 2018 | Motivating volunteer health workers in an African capital city
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua USAID Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2018 - 2022 | PhD Scholarship
SFRH/BD/136945/2018
PhD Student Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2015 - 2015 | Research Scholarship
N/A
Research Fellow
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Journal article |
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Report |
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Working paper |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2024 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China)
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2024 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
Adam Smith Business School – University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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2024 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
Navarra Center for International Development (Pamplona, Spain)
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2024 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
Imperial College Business School (London, United Kingdom)
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2024 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
University of Leicester School of Business (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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2024 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
IE University (Madrid, Spain)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector |
University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | The North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference 2023
Harvard University (Cambridge, United States)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | World Bank DIME-KDI School 4th Development Impact Conference
The World Bank (Washington DC, United States)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Nova SBE Ph.D. Research Group,
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | (Mental) Health and the Labor Market
University of St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Oxford Development Economics Workshop
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Advances in Field Experiments
The University of Chicago (London, United Kingdom)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Annual Conference SITES
University of Naples Parthenope (Naples, Italy)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Royal Economic Society Ph.D. Conference
The University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Transatlantic Doctoral Conference
London Business School (London, United Kingdom)
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2023 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | BROTÉRIA Seminar Series
BROTÉRIA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2022 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Yale-RISE Conference
Yale University (Kingston, Jamaica)
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2022 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2022 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | NOVAFRICA Working Group
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2022 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Nova SBE Ph.D. Research Group
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2022 | Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector | Lisbon Micro Group
Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2021/10/27 | Let's Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines | University of The Gambia 1st International Annual Conference
University of The Gambia (Banjul, Gambia)
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2021/10/15 | Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from Guinea-Bissau | Nova SBE Research Group
Nova School of Business and Economics (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2021 | Let's Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines | IGC Mozambique Policy Workshop
International Growth Center Mozambique (virtual presentation) (Maputo, Mozambique)
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2021 | Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City | 25th Spring Meeting of Young Economists
European Association of Young Economists (EAYE) Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy (online event) (Bologna, Italy)
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2021 | Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from Guinea-Bissau | NOVAFRICA Working Group
NOVAFRICA - Nova School of Business and Economics (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2020 | Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from Guinea-Bissau | IIES Development Tea
Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
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2020 | Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City | IIES Development Tea
Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
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2020 | Let's Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines | IIES Development Tea
Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
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2020 | Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from in Guinea-Bissau | Stockholm University Microwave
Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
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2020 | Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from in Guinea-Bissau | Nova SBE Research Group
Nova School of Business and Economics (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2019 | Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City | 6th DENeB Berlin PhD Workshop
Development Economics Network of Berlin (DENeB) (Berlin, Germany)
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2019 | Can Increased Perceived Social Impact Motivate Agents in Prosocial Settings? A Lab-in-the-field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau | Lisbon Micro Group
ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2019 | Can Increased Perceived Social Impact Motivate Agents in Prosocial Settings? A Lab-in-the-field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau | Nova SBE Research Group
Nova School of Business and Economics (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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2018 | Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City | UDI-AFRICA International Capacitation Program
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2018 | Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City | Nova SBE Research Group
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisboa, Portugal)
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2017 | Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City | VIDA-NOVAFRICA 1st Conference on Community Health
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022/01/21 - 2022/06/21 | NOVAFRICA Ph.D.Workshop on Experimental Development (2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
2019/03/01 - 2019/06/03 | 2019 NOVAFRICA Ph.D. Workshop - Political Economy and Development (2019/06/03 - 2019/06/03)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2019 - Current | Associação NOVAFRICA, Guinea-Bissau | Vice-President |
2019 - Current | Bissau Economics Lab, Guinea-Bissau | Resident Member |
2016/06/01 - Current | NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center | PhD Candidate Affiliate |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023 - 2023 | • Coordinating the Ministry of Finance of Guinea-Bissau and the World Bank staff to prepare the quarterly debt bulletins and correct the existing debt reporting • Building capacity of the Ministry of Finance of Guinea-Bissau staff | The World Bank Group, United States |
2023 - 2023 | • Updating the BOOST database for 2021 and 2022 • Economic and functional classification of public expenditures data from the Ministry of Finance of Guinea-Bissau • Integration and classification of public investment data from the Ministry of Economy of Guinea-Bissau • Building capacity of the Ministry of Finance of Guinea-Bissau staff | The World Bank Group, United States |
2023 - 2023 | • Delivered a pre-training to the Ministry of Finance of Guinea-Bissau staff on financial mathematics and public finance • Contributed to preparing a training program on debt management for the Ministry of Finance of Guinea-Bissau staff | The World Bank Group, United States |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021/07/27 | Fui entrevistado pela revista Visão por ser um dos investigadores envolvidos num estudo publicado na conceituada revista Nature como o título "COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries". O estudo, conduzido por uma equipa multinacional, avaliou a confiança e aceitação na vacina contra a Covid-19 em 10 países em desenvolvimento na Ásia, em África e na América do Sul. | Visão |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2021/08/29 - 2021/08/29 | RTP - Visão de Africa - Via África | Ep. 35 | Os motivos da maior aceitação da Vacina contra a Covid-19 nos países em desenvolvimento face aos países mais ricos |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2021/09 - Current | Development Economics | NOVAFRICA Student Club Mentorship Program |
Scientific expedition
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2022 | Multiple periods of fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau as Principal Investigator in an ongoing large-scale field experiment. Currently coordinating all the activities related to the field experiment in four regions in Guinea-Bissau in partnership with the Community Health and Traditional Medicine Promotion Service and the Regional Health Directorates of the regions of Bissau, Biombo, Cacheu, and Oio | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
2016 - 2018 | Multiple periods of fieldwork in Guinea-Bissau as Principal Investigator in a large-scale field experiment with Prof. Pedro Vicente and Prof. Teresa Molina-Millan. I coordinated all the activities related to the field experiment, led by NOVAFRICA in partnership with VIDA NGO and the Ministry of Health, to support PIMI II, a 4-year 20+ million euros program designed to reduce maternal and child mortality and directly benefitting 320,000+ children under five years of age and 400,000+ women of childbearing age in the country. | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
2015 - 2015 | Fieldwork in Mozambique as Research Assistant for Prof. Claudia Custodio, Dr. Diogo Mendes, Prof. Daniel Metzger. I interviewed fifty CEOs and CFOs from the sampled companies listed in the survey Top 100 Companies in Mozambique compiled by KPMG Mozambique. Furthermore, I assessed baseline management and financial practices as part of a field experiment evaluating the impact of a course in finance for executives of medium and large enterprises. | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics Distinguished PhD Research Paper 2023
The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics, United States
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2019 | Nova SBE PhD Seed Grant
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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2018 | PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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2015 | Research Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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