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Pedro Portugal studied economics at the Universidade do Porto and received his PhD at University of South Carolina, in 1991.
He is currently a senior researcher at the Bank of Portugal and invited professor of economics at Nova School of Business and Economics. His main area of interest is applied labor economics, focusing on issues of microeconomics of unemployment, unemployment compensation, wage bargaining, job security, and worker displacement.
Pedro Portugal has published in the major economics and labor economics journals, including the American Economic Review, Review of Economics & Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Economic Policy, Economica, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review. He has also published in other fields, namely in Industrial Economics and Strategic Management, including the Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Small Business Economics and Strategic Management Journal.
Current research interests include: His main area of interest is applied labor economics, focusing on issues of microeconomics of unemployment, unemployment compensation, wage bargaining, job security, and worker displacement.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, Master, Universidade do Porto
Economics, Doctorate, University of South Carolina
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The persistence of wages
Carneiro, A., Portugal, P., Raposo, P. & Rodrigues, P. M. M., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Econometrics. 233, 2, p. 596-611Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Union membership density and wages: The role of worker, firm, and job-title heterogeneity
Addison, J. T., Portugal, P. & de Almeida Vilares, H., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Econometrics. 233, 2, p. 612-632Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why do firms use fixed-term contracts?
Portugal, P. & Varejão, J., Sept 2022, In: Portuguese Economic Journal. 21, p. 401–421Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The persistence of wages
Carneiro, A., Portugal, P., Raposo, P. & Rodrigues, P. M. M., Oct 2021, IZA. Institute of Labor Economics, 38 p. (IZA Discussion Papers; no. 14798).Research output: Working paper
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The sources of the wage losses of displaced workers: The role of the reallocation of workers into firms, matches, and job titles
Raposo, P., Portugal, P. & Carneiro, A., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Human Resources. 56, 3, p. 586-820 235 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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