Peruvian researcher from Pompeu Fabra University, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public Sector". He explained that pay progression has opposite effects depending on whether promotions are meritocratic or not: “In a meritocratic regime, the productivity of workers increases their performance by 28%”.
According to León-Ciliotta, “when workers are f...
Wayne Sandholtz, originally from the United States and currently a resident member of NOVAFRICA visited NCID to give a seminar entitled “Secondary School Access Raises Primary School Achievement in Tanzania”. The speaker explained that when school fees are abolished for secondary education it results in more kids going to school.
Our guest saw an opportunity in Tanzania`s 2015 policy change in which secondary school fees were abolished. He started his paper based on the following question: “Are there student...
Belgian researcher from Rovira i Virgili University Sabine Flamand visited NCID to give a seminar entitled "Stay, Split or Strike: Theory and Evidence on Secessionist vs Centrist Conflict". She explained that those ethnic minorities rich in natural resources (such as those in East Timor or Biafra in Nigeria) are more likely to join separatist movements. According to Flamand, federalism and decentralization are two measure...