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Mattia Fracchia is an Assistant Professor of Economics at IE University and IE Business School, specializing in applied microeconomics with a focus on development, behavioral, organizational, and health economics. He has published in international refereed journals, including the Journal of Development Economics, Nature Medicine, and Health Economics. His research has involved substantial fieldwork in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau and has been supported by funding from national and international agencies, including IGC, PEP, UNDP, and USAID. He is an Invited Researcher at J-PAL, an External Member of NOVAFRICA, and has consulted for the World Bank. Mattia holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Finance from Nova School of Business and Economics.
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

Mobile phone
  • (+34) 627343385 (Personal)

Addresses

  • P.º de la Castellana, 259, Fuencarral-El Pardo , 28046 , Madrid, Madrid, Spain (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Economics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
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 Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Intermediate (B1)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/08/01 - 2024/05/06
Concluded
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)
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/01
Concluded
MSc in Economic Analysis (Master)
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Spain
"Gender based taxation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/09/01 - 2011/11/15
Concluded
BSc in Economics and Social Sciences (Laurea)
Università Bocconi, Italy
"Italian Citizens' Attitudes towards Inheritance Taxation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2016/06/01 - 2024/05/06 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro NOVAFRICA, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/09/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) IE Business School, Spain
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

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/12/06 - Current Invited Researcher The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, United States
2024/09/01 - Current External Member Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro NOVAFRICA, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024 - Current Digital Credit and Financial Behavior
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Principal investigator
Ongoing
2024 - 2028 Improving Maternal and Child Health Remotely
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Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, United States
Not funded
2023 - 2024 Evaluating the Impact of a Support Helpline for Cashew Producers in Guinea-Bissau
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Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Partnership for Economic Policy
Concluded
2021 - 2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics
Concluded
2020 - 2021 Beliefs and Behaviours around COVID-19 in Mozambique (20,000 GBP)
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
IGC
Concluded
2016 - 2018 Motivating volunteer health workers in an African capital city
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua

USAID
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2018 - 2022 PhD Scholarship
SFRH/BD/136945/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015 - 2015 Research Scholarship
N/A
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Armand, Alex; Fracchia, Mattia; Vicente, Pedro C.. "Let's call! Using the phone to increase vaccine acceptance". Health Economics 33 1 (2023): 82-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4760.
    Open access • 10.1002/hec.4760
  2. Fracchia, Mattia; Vicente, Pedro C.; Molina-Millan, Teresa. "Motivating volunteer health workers in an African capital city". Journal of Development Economics 163 (2023): 103096. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103096.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103096
  3. Solís Arce, Julio S.; Warren, Shana S.; Meriggi, Niccolò F.; Scacco, Alexandra; McMurry, Nina; Voors, Maarten; Syunyaev, Georgiy; et al. "COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries". Nature Medicine 27 8 (2021): 1385-1394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01454-y.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41591-021-01454-y
Report
  1. Armand, Alex; Fracchia, Mattia; Pedro C. Vicente. 2021. COVID-19 Vaccines Acceptance in Mozambique.
Working paper
  1. Álvarez Pereira, Brais; Nério Simão Ca; Aida Embaló; Fracchia, Mattia; Matilde Grácio; Aliu Bá Jau; Adewusi Mendonça; Giulio Schinaia; Dayvikson Tavares. 2024. "Evaluating the impact of a support helpline for cashew producers in Guinea-Bissau". https://www.pep-net.org/publications/working-papers.
  2. Fracchia, Mattia. 2023. "Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector". https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xasje6jw2z2eehrfud6s7/Fracchia_Performance_Evidence.pdf?rlkey=xo7phixynfpyy9u2wfvsrdwad&e=1&dl=0.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong, China)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Adam Smith Business School – University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Navarra Center for International Development (Pamplona, Spain)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Imperial College Business School (London, United Kingdom)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
University of Leicester School of Business (Leicester, United Kingdom)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
IE University (Madrid, Spain)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector CSAE Conference 2024: Economic Development in Africa
Oxford University (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector. II Spanish Workshop in Development Economics
Navarra Center for International Development (Pamplona, Spain)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Wageningen University Seminar Series
Wageningen University (Wageningen, Netherlands)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector The LACEA LAMES 2024 Annual Meeting
Universidad de la República (Udelar) (Montevideo, Uruguay)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Seminarios de Investigación - Economía
Universidad Nacional de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Ciclo de Seminarios de Economía 2024
Universidad de Montevideo (Montevideo , Uruguay)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía
Universitat de les Illes Balears (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
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)
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)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Nova SBE Ph.D. Research Group,
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Oxford Development Economics Workshop
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Annual Conference SITES
University of Naples Parthenope (Naples, Italy)
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)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Transatlantic Doctoral Conference
London Business School (London, United Kingdom)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector BROTÉRIA Seminar Series
BROTÉRIA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Yale-RISE Conference
Yale University (Kingston, Jamaica)
2022 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
2022 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector NOVAFRICA Working Group
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
2022 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Nova SBE Ph.D. Research Group
Nova SBE (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2021 Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from Guinea-Bissau NOVAFRICA Working Group
NOVAFRICA - Nova School of Business and Economics (Carcavelos, Portugal)
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)
2020 Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City IIES Development Tea
Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
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)
2020 Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from in Guinea-Bissau Stockholm University Microwave
Stockholm University (Stockholm, Sweden)
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)
2019 Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City 6th DENeB Berlin PhD Workshop
Development Economics Network of Berlin (DENeB) (Berlin, Germany)
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)
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)
2018 Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City UDI-AFRICA International Capacitation Program
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City Nova SBE Research Group
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017 Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City VIDA-NOVAFRICA 1st Conference on Community Health
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
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)
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)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/01 - Current Associação NOVAFRICA para o desenvolvimento económico e empresarial de Moçambique President
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
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

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/01 - 2025/05 Development and Growth Economics Bachelor in Economics (Bachelor)

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
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
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
2021/09 - Current Development Economics NOVAFRICA Student Club Mentorship Program

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 PSL Young Researcher Starting Grant Université PSL, France

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
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
2019 Nova SBE PhD Seed Grant
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2018 PhD Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 Research Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal