Natalija Novta

Last Updated: June 04, 2019

Natalija Novta

Natalija Novta is an Economist at the Research Department. Previously she worked in the Fiscal Affairs Department and the Western Hemisphere Department. Her research interests include economic development, climate, conflict, trade and fiscal policy.

Email: NNOVTA@imf.org

Fluent In: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish.

Education:

New York University, PhD in Economics (2013)

Harvard University, BA in Economics (2005)


Work in progress:

Manufacturing jobs and inequality: why is the U.S. experience different? (with E. Pugacheva)

Weather Shocks and Output in Low-Income Countries: The role of policies and adaptation (w S. Acevedo Mejia, C. Baccianti, M. Mrkaic, E. Pugacheva and P. Topalova)

Natalija Novta

Natalija Novta is an Economist at the Research Department. Previously she worked in the Fiscal Affairs Department and the Western Hemisphere Department. Her research interests include economic development, climate, conflict, trade and fiscal policy.

Email: NNOVTA@imf.org

Fluent In: Serbo-Croatian, Spanish.

Education:

New York University, PhD in Economics (2013)

Harvard University, BA in Economics (2005)


Work in progress:

Manufacturing jobs and inequality: why is the U.S. experience different? (with E. Pugacheva)

Weather Shocks and Output in Low-Income Countries: The role of policies and adaptation (w S. Acevedo Mejia, C. Baccianti, M. Mrkaic, E. Pugacheva and P. Topalova)

IMF Books and Working Papers:

The Macroeconomic Costs of Conflict , Working Paper No. 20/110 , June 26, 2020

Manufacturing Jobs and Inequality: Why is the U.S. Experience Different? , Working Paper No. 19/191 , September 13, 2019

Weather Shocks and Output in Low-Income Countries: The Role of Policies and Adaptation , Working Paper No. 19/178 , August 16, 2019

The Price of Capital Goods: A Driver of Investment Under Threat , Working Paper No. 19/134 , June 28, 2019

The Effects of Weather Shocks on Economic Activity: What are the Channels of Impact? , Working Paper No. 18/144 , June 13, 2018

Calculating Trade in Value Added , Working Paper No. 17/178 , July 31, 2017

Women at Work in Latin America and the Caribbean , Working Paper No. 17/34 , February 14, 2017

Public Employment and Compensation Reform During Times of Fiscal Consolidation , Working Paper No. 14/192 , October 23, 2014

iMFdirect Blog Posts

Why Investment May Come Under Threat

The Decline in Manufacturing Jobs: Not Necessarily a Cause for Concern

Climate Change Will Bring More Frequent Natural Disasters & Weigh on Economic Growth

Trading Out of Trouble in Latin America

La mujer en el trabajo: Gran logro en America Latina y el Caribe

Other Published Materials

A Balancing Act: Reform Options for Paraguay's Fiscal Responsibility Law (with A. David)

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

Ethnic Diversity and the Spread of Civil War, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016.

Education and Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Colonial Benin (with M. Klasnja and L. Wantchekon), Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015

Public Employment and Compensation Reform: The Role of Social Dialogue and Structural Measures (with L. Forni), International Tax and Public Finance, 2015.

Segregation, Polarization and Ethnic Conflict (with M. Klasnja), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2014.