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Mattia Fracchia is an applied microeconomist. Mattia’s research explores strategies to enhance public service delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). He tested innovative, scalable interventions through two large-scale field experiments on the public service supply side in Guinea-Bissau and a survey experiment on the demand side in Mozambique. In his job market paper, “Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau’s Health Sector” he designed and implemented an intervention enhancing worker effort by harnessing evidence of organizational performance. The paper won the Weiss Family Distinguished Paper Award at NEUDC 2023 at Harvard University. His job market paper builds on my experience leading the implementation of the large-scale field experiment “Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City”, published in the Journal of Development Economics. This study shows that elevating health workers’ social status leads to improved performance and better health outcomes. Turning to the demand side of public services, the paper “Let’s Call! Using the Phone to Increase Vaccine Acceptance”, published in Health Economics, leverages a combination of positive messaging, social memory stimulation, and critical thinking activation to boost vaccine acceptance and trust in institutions in Mozambique. While working on this project, he contributed to the multi-country study “COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries, and Implications for Messaging”, published in Nature Medicine. Currently, he is engaged in two large-scale field experiments in public health and rural value chains. He will continue working on these ongoing projects and his job market paper to prepare them for publication. Moreover, he is interested in exploring innovative and cost-effective interventions to explore the untapped potential of evidence to foster economic development. While conducting these research projects, Mattia has gained considerable experience designing and implementing field experiments and large-scale surveys in LMICs, such as Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Additionally, he worked closely with officials from different levels of government, non-governmental organizations, and funding institutions. In this sense, he contributed to the foundation of NOVAFRICA Guinea-Bissau, of which he is now vice president, investing in building a local team and hosting international research assistants, mastering my mentoring and team management skills. Finally, in Guinea-Bissau, Mattia worked as a consultant with the World Bank.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Mattia Fracchia

Nomes de citação

  • Fracchia, Mattia

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
CE1C-4615-8FF2
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5365-9613

Telefones

Telefone
  • (+351) 914409408 (Pessoal)

Moradas

  • Nova School of Business and Economics, Rua da Holanda 1, 2775-405, Carcavelos, Cascais, Portugal (Profissional)
  • Calçada da Estrela, 115 2, 1200-662, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Pessoal)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Sociais - Economia e Gestão - Economia

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Italiano (Idioma materno)
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Português Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador independente (B2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Crioulo e pídgin, baseada em Português (Outras) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador elementar (A1)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2015/08/01 - 2024/04/01
Em curso
PhD in Economics and Finance (Doutoramento)
Especialização em Development Economics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
"Essays in Behavioral Development Economics" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/01
Concluído
MSc in Economic Analysis (Master)
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Espanha
"Gender based taxation" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
2008/09/01 - 2011/11/15
Concluído
BSc in Economics and Social Sciences (Laurea)
Università Bocconi, Itália
"Italian Citizens' Attitudes towards Inheritance Taxation" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2016/06/01 - Atual Investigador (Investigação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro NOVAFRICA, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2015 - 2016 Assistente (Docente Universitário) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2021 - Atual Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Investigador responsável
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics
Concluído
2020 - 2021 Beliefs and Behaviours around COVID-19 in Mozambique (20,000 GBP)
Investigador responsável
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
IGC
Concluído
2016 - 2018 Motivating volunteer health workers in an African capital city
Investigador responsável
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua

USAID
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2018 - 2022 PhD Scholarship
SFRH/BD/136945/2018
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2015 - 2015 Research Scholarship
N/A
Bolseiro de Investigação
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Armand, Alex; Fracchia, Mattia; Vicente, Pedro C.. "Let's call! Using the phone to increase vaccine acceptance". Health Economics 33 1 (2024): 82-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.4760.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 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.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 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.
    Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1038/s41591-021-01454-y
Documento de trabalho
  1. 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.
Relatório
  1. Armand, Alex; Fracchia, Mattia; Pedro C. Vicente. 2021. COVID-19 Vaccines Acceptance in Mozambique.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
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, Reino Unido)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Navarra Center for International Development (Pamplona, Espanha)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
Imperial College Business School (London, Reino Unido)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
University of Leicester School of Business (Leicester, Reino Unido)
2024 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
IE University (Madrid, Espanha)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector
University of Alicante (Alicante, Espanha)
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, Estados Unidos)
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, Estados Unidos)
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, Suiça)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Oxford Development Economics Workshop
University of Oxford (Oxford, Reino Unido)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Advances in Field Experiments
The University of Chicago (London, Reino Unido)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Annual Conference SITES
University of Naples Parthenope (Naples, Itália)
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, Reino Unido)
2023 Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A Field Experiment in Guinea-Bissau's Health Sector Transatlantic Doctoral Conference
London Business School (London, Reino Unido)
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, Gâmbia)
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, Moçambique)
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, Itália)
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, Suécia)
2020 Motivating Volunteer Health Workers in an African Capital City IIES Development Tea
Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University (Stockholm, Suécia)
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, Suécia)
2020 Information Design To Improve Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from in Guinea-Bissau Stockholm University Microwave
Stockholm University (Stockholm, Suécia)
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, Alemanha)
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)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)
Instituição / Organização
2022/01/21 - 2022/06/21 NOVAFRICA Ph.D.Workshop on Experimental Development (2022/06/21 - 2022/06/21)
Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Científica)
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)
Oficina (workshop) (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Consultoria / Parecer

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
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, Estados Unidos
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, Estados Unidos
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, Estados Unidos

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

Descrição da atividade Jornal / 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

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

Programa Tema
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

Expedição científica

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
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

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2019 - Atual Associação NOVAFRICA, Guinea-Bissau Vice-President
2019 - Atual Bissau Economics Lab, Guinea-Bissau Resident Member
2016/06/01 - Atual NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center PhD Candidate Affiliate

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2021/09 - Atual Development Economics NOVAFRICA Student Club Mentorship Program
Distinções

Prémio

2023 The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics Distinguished PhD Research Paper 2023
The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics, Estados Unidos
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