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Carla Sá

Ph.D in Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/ Tinbergen Institute

carla.sa@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.08

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Carla Sá is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Minho, and researcher at NIPE (Economic Policies Research Unit) and CIPES (Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies). She holds a PhD in Economics from the Tinbergen Institute/Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her general research interests are in the intersection of economics of education and spatial economics, with particular emphasis on student decision-making process. Her research has been published in Regional Studies, Spatial Economics Analysis, CESifo Economic Studies, Higher Education, Studies in Higher Educationa and European Journal of Education. She has been involved in research projects funded by the FCT (National Science Foundation), A3ES (Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education) and FFMS (Francisco Manuel dos Santos Fundation). She has served as consultant for the Portuguese Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity and the ILO (Int. Labour Organization).

Areas of interest

Economics of Education

Labour Economics

Applied Econometrics

Publications

Lourenço, D , Sá, C , Tavares, O , & Cardoso, S (2020)

Enrolling in Higher Education: the impact of regional mobility and public-private substitution effects

Journal of Economic Issues, 54(1), 183–197 DOI

Sá, C , Florax, R J G M , & Rietveld, P (2012)

Living Arrangement and University Choice of Dutch Prospective Students

Regional Studies, 46(5), 651–667 DOI

Portela, M , Sá, C , Alexandre, F , & Cardoso, A R (2009)

Perceptions of the Bologna process: What do students' choices reveal?

Higher Education, 58(4), 465–474 DOI

Portela, M A , Areal, N M P C , Sá, C , Alexandre, F , Cerejeira, J , Carvalho, A , & Rodrigues, A (2008)

Evaluating student allocation in the Portuguese public higher education system

Higher Education, 56(2), 185–203 DOI

Sá, C , Florax, R J G M , & Rietveld, P (2004)

Determinants of the regional demand for higher education in the Netherlands: A gravity model approach

Regional Studies, 38(4), 375–392 DOI

Biscaia, R , Sá, C , & Teixeira, P N (2021)

The (In)effectiveness of regulatory policies in higher education—The case of access policy in Portugal

Economic Analysis and Policy, 72, 176–185 DOI

Teixeira, P , Sá, C , Cerejeira, J , Figueiredo, H , & Portela, M (2021)

Mass Higher Education and its Civic Impacts in Portugal and Spain

Journal of Education Finance, 46(4), 496–518 DOI

Valente, M , Sá, C , Soares, N , & Sousa, S (2021)

Exploring the consistency of ethical perceptions by business and economics higher education students: Looking from academia towards the corporate world

International Journal of Management Education, 19(2), 100499 DOI

Pinto, L M C , Sá, C , Soares, N , Sousa, S , & Valente, M (2020)

The case for academic hazing as a rational choice: An economic approach

Economic Analysis and Policy, 66, 51–62 DOI

Lourenço, D , & Sá, C (2019)

Spatial competition for students: what does (not) matter?

Annals of Regional Science, 63(1), 147–162 DOI

Sá, C

Economic determinants of higher education demand

In P Teixeira & J Shin (Eds ), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions Springer DOI

Sá, C , & Tavares, O (2018)

How student choice consistency affects the success of applications in Portuguese higher education

Studies in Higher Education, 43(12), 2148–2160 DOI

Figueiredo, H , Portela, M , Sá, C , Cerejeira, J , Almeida, A , & Lourenço, D (2017)

Benefícios do Ensino Superior

Lisbon, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Bontje, M , Musterd, S , & Rouwendal, J (2016)

Housing and location preferences of higher educated workers in the Netherlands: An introduction

In S Musterd, M Bontje, & J Rouwendal (Eds ), Skills and Cities (pp 59–62) New York, USA: Routledge DOI

Fonseca, M , Dias, D , Sá, C , & Amaral, A (2014)

Waves of (dis)satisfaction: Effects of the numerus clausus system in Portugal

European Journal of Education, 49(1), 144–158 DOI

Teixeira, P , Cerejeira, J , Simões, M , Sá, C , & Portela, M (2014)

Educação, Economia e Capital Humano – Notas Sobre um Paradoxo

In F Alexandre, P Bação, P Lains, M M F Martins, M Portela, & M Simões (Eds ), A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986 – 2010 (pp 329–355) Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Sá, C , Dias, D , & Tavares, O (2013)

Tendências recentes no ensino superior potuguês

Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior DOI

Sá, C , Tavares, D A , Justino, E , & Amaral, A (2011)

Higher education (related) choices in Portugal: Joint decisions on institution type and leaving home

Studies in Higher Education, 36(6), 689–703 DOI

Alexandre, F , Portela, M , & Sá, C (2009)

Admission conditions and graduates' employability

Studies in Higher Education, 34(7), 795–805 DOI

Cerejeira, J , Portela, M , Sá, C , & Alexandre, F (2009)

Os fluxos e as remunerações de sub- e sobre-escolarizados em Portugal no período 1995-2005

(Vol 23) Lisboa: Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP) DOI

Pereira, O P , Sá, C , Portela, M , & Pinto, E (2009)

Transição dos Licenciados para o Mercado de Trabalho

In J M Roig-Cotanda & L E Vila-Lladosa (Eds ), Investigaciones de Economía de La Educación (pp 459–467) Asociación de la Economía de la Educación - AEDE DOI

Teixeira, P , Fonseca, M , Amado, D , Sá, C , & Amaral, A (2009)

A Regional Mismatch? Student Applications and Institutional Responses in the Portuguese Public Higher Education System

In K Mohrman, J Shi, S E Feinblatt, & K W Chow (Eds ), Public Universities and Regional Development (pp 59–80) Sichuan Uninversity Press DOI

Cardoso, A R , Sá, C , Portela, M , & Alexandre, F (2008)

Demand for higher education programs: the impact of the Bologna process

CESifo Economic Studies, 54(2), 229–247 DOI

Cerejeira, J , Sá, C , & Portela, M (2007)

Nota Introdutória

In M do T e da S S (M T S S Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (GEP) (Ed ), Quadros de Pessoal e Investigação em Economia (Vol 9, pp 3–6) Lisboa: Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP) DOI

Sá, C , Dismuke, C E , & Guimarães, P P (2007)

Survival analysis and competing risk models of hospital length of stay and discharge destination: The effect of distributional assumptions

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 7(3-4), 109–124 DOI

Sá, C , Florax, R J G M , & Rietveld, P (2006)

Does accessibility to higher education matter? Choice behaviour of high school graduates in the Netherlands | L'accessibilité à l'enseignement supérieur importe-t-elle? Comportement du choix des diplômés de l'enseignement secondaire au pays-bas

Spatial Economic Analysis, 1(2), 155–174 DOI

More publications

Projects

Funding: Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo

Duration: 2020-01-02 - 2021-07-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Carla Sá
Cristina Sin

Team

Orlanda Tavares
Pedro Teixeira
Ricardo Biscaia

Funding: Conselho Geral da Universidade do Minho

Duration: 2019-11-04 - 2020-11-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Emilía R. Araújo

Team

Carla Sá
Leandro de Almeida
António Fonseca
Rosa Vasconcelos
Cláudia Torres
Helena Sousa
Luís Carlos Fernandes

It's All About Productivity: contributions to the understanding of the sluggish performance of the Portuguese economy

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2018-10-01 - 2022-09-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Miguel Portela
Fernando Alexandre

Team

João Cerejeira
Marta Simões
Carla Sá
Ana Carvalho
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Nuno Azevedo
Pedro Bação
Francisco Veiga
Gilberto Loureiro
Paulo Guimarães
Sujiao ZHAO
Marta Silva
Octávio Figueiredo

S4F - Competências de Futuro? O Valor e a eficácia de um Ensino Superior Baseado em Competências

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2018-09-01 - 2022-08-31

Researchers and Team

Team

Íris Barbosa
Carla Sá
João Cerejeira
Miguel Portela
Carla Freire

Funding: Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo

Duration: 2016-10-14 - 2019-10-14

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

João Cerejeira

Team

Carla Sá
Miguel Portela

Funding: A3ES - Agência de Acreditação e Avaliação do Ensino Superior

Duration: 2015-12-01 - 2017-10-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Conceição Rego

Team

Carla Sá
Leandro de Almeida
Eduardo Pereria
Carlinda Leite

Retornos económicos e não económicos do ensino superior

Funding: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Duration: 2015-09-01 - 2017-08-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Miguel Portela

Team

João Cerejeira
Carla Sá
Hugo Figueiredo

Mobility patters of higher education students

Funding: A3ES - Agência de Acreditação e Avaliação do Ensino Superior

Duration: 2014-11-25 - 2016-11-20

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Carla Sá

Team

Diana Dias

Funding: Programa Operacional de Apoio Técnico do Fundo Social Europeu

Duration: 2013-01-01 - 2014-12-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Cláudia S. Sarrico

Team

Maria João Rosa
Carla Sá
Carolina Costa
Pedro Teixeira
Maria Margarida Cardoso
Isabel Machado
Cristina de Sousa Santos

Financial Literacy

Funding: European Investment Bank

Duration: 2013-01-01 - 2015-12-31

Researchers and Team

Team

Linda Gonçalves Veiga
Francisco Veiga
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Fernando Alexandre
Carla Sá
Miguel Portela

Education/training and the labor market: education returns

Funding: Programa Operacional de Apoio Técnico do Fundo Social Europeu

Duration: 2012-12-31 - 2014-07-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Miguel Portela

Team

Priscila Ferreira
João Cerejeira
Sílvia Sousa
Carla Sá

Economics and Education in Portugal: why and for whom?

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2012-02-01 - 2015-01-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Miguel Portela

Team

João Cerejeira
Carla Sá
Sílvia Sousa
Priscila Ferreira
Marta Simões
Pedro Teixeira

1986-2010: The Portuguese Economy in the European Union

Funding: Universidade do Minho

Duration: 2010-04-01 - 2014-05-07

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Fernando Alexandre

Team

Miguel Portela
Francisco Carballo Cruz
Carla Sá
Francisco Veiga
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Manuel Herédia
Sílvia Sousa

Teaching

Cálculo para a Economia e Gestão Licenciatura

Econometria I Licenciatura

Projeto em Economia Aplicada Licenciatura

People

Carla Sá

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.08

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Publications

Enrolling in Higher Education: the impact of regional mobility and public-private substitution effects

Living Arrangement and University Choice of Dutch Prospective Students

Perceptions of the Bologna process: What do students' choices reveal?

Evaluating student allocation in the Portuguese public higher education system

Determinants of the regional demand for higher education in the Netherlands: A gravity model approach

The (In)effectiveness of regulatory policies in higher education—The case of access policy in Portugal

Mass Higher Education and its Civic Impacts in Portugal and Spain

Exploring the consistency of ethical perceptions by business and economics higher education students: Looking from academia towards the corporate world

The case for academic hazing as a rational choice: An economic approach

Spatial competition for students: what does (not) matter?

Economic determinants of higher education demand

How student choice consistency affects the success of applications in Portuguese higher education

Benefícios do Ensino Superior

Housing and location preferences of higher educated workers in the Netherlands: An introduction

Waves of (dis)satisfaction: Effects of the numerus clausus system in Portugal

Educação, Economia e Capital Humano – Notas Sobre um Paradoxo

Tendências recentes no ensino superior potuguês

Higher education (related) choices in Portugal: Joint decisions on institution type and leaving home

Admission conditions and graduates' employability

Os fluxos e as remunerações de sub- e sobre-escolarizados em Portugal no período 1995-2005

Transição dos Licenciados para o Mercado de Trabalho

A Regional Mismatch? Student Applications and Institutional Responses in the Portuguese Public Higher Education System

Demand for higher education programs: the impact of the Bologna process

Nota Introdutória

Survival analysis and competing risk models of hospital length of stay and discharge destination: The effect of distributional assumptions

Does accessibility to higher education matter? Choice behaviour of high school graduates in the Netherlands | L'accessibilité à l'enseignement supérieur importe-t-elle? Comportement du choix des diplômés de l'enseignement secondaire au pays-bas

Projects

Lead Researcher

Team

Lead Researcher

Team

It's All About Productivity: contributions to the understanding of the sluggish performance of the Portuguese economy

Lead Researcher

Team

S4F - Competências de Futuro? O Valor e a eficácia de um Ensino Superior Baseado em Competências

Team

Lead Researcher

Team

Lead Researcher

Team

Retornos económicos e não económicos do ensino superior

Lead Researcher

Team

Mobility patters of higher education students

Lead Researcher

Team

Lead Researcher

Team

Financial Literacy

Team

Education/training and the labor market: education returns

Lead Researcher

Team

Economics and Education in Portugal: why and for whom?

Lead Researcher

Team

1986-2010: The Portuguese Economy in the European Union

Lead Researcher

Team

Teaching

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