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Miguel Portela

Ph.D in Economics University of Amsterdam

miguel.portela@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 1.19

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Miguel Portela holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam. He is Associate Professor with Habilitation at Universidade do Minho and the Vice Director of the Doctoral Program in Economics. He is also an affiliate of NIPE / U Minho, CIPES and IZA, Bonn. He has an ongoing collaboration with Banco de Portugal. He is a member of the Portuguese Council for Productivity. His research interests are labour economics, economics of education and applied econometrics. He published a set of articles, books and book chapters, with emphasis on publications in Econometrica, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Regional Studies and Studies in Higher Education. He has research collaborations in different countries, leads and integrates research teams whose work has been funded by private and public entities. One highlights his recent FCT project “It’s All About Productivity: contributions to the understanding of the sluggish performance of the Portuguese economy ”. He has also written reports to define public policies on the Minimum Wage, Education and Employment in the Portuguese labour market. He has experience in consulting, both for private and public institutions.

Publications

Alexandre, F , Costa, H , Faria, A P , & Portela, M (2022)

Enhancing University–Industry collaboration: the role of intermediary organizations

Journal of Technology Transfer, 47(5) 1584-1611 DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , Costa, H , & Portela, M (2022)

Minimum wage and financially distressed firms: Another one bites the dust

Labour Economics, 74, 102088 DOI

Esteves, P S , Portela, M , & Rua, A (2022)

Does domestic demand matter for firms' exports?

Open Economies Review, 33, 311–332 DOI

Cima, J , Pimenta, A C , Portela, M , & Silva, M (2022)

Workforce skills and firm productivity

Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 8(8), 77-99 DOI

Alexandre, F , Costa, H , Portela, M , & Rodrigues, M (2021)

Asymmetric regional dynamics in the Portuguese economy: debt, openness and local revenues

Regional Studies, 55(2), 322–332 DOI

Alexandre, F , Jalles, J T , Martins, J O , Brinca, P , Sequeira, T N , Montelius, L , … Cerejeira, J (2021)

Do made in ao created in: um novo paradigma para a economia portuguesa

Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos 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

Varejão, J , Vasconcelos, J , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2021)

A construção do novo paradigma: qualificações e mercado de trabalho

In F Alexandre (Ed ), Do made in ao created in: Um novo paradigma para a economia portuguesa Lisbon: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , & Portela, M (2020)

Is the basic life-cycle theory of consumption becoming more relevant? Evidence from Portugal

Review of Economics of the Household, 18(1), 93–116 DOI

Bastos, H N , Osório, N S , Castro, A G , Ramos, A , Carvalho, T , Meira, L , Araújo, D , Almeida, L , Boaventura, R , Fragata, P , Chaves, C , Costa, P , Portela, M , Ferreira, I , Magalhães, S P , Rodrigues, F , Castro, R S , Duarte, R , Guimarães, J T , & Saraiva, M (2020)

Erratum: A Prediction Rule to Stratify Mortality Risk of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

PLoS ONE, 15(11) DOI

Alexandre, F , Cerejeira, J , Portela, M , Rodrigues, M , & Costa, H (2019)

Assimetrias e Convergência Regional: Implicações para a Descentralização e Regionalização em Portugal

Porto: Associação Comercial do Porto DOI

Portela, M , & Schweinzer, P (2019)

The parental co-immunization hypothesis: An observational competing risks analysis

Scientific Reports, 9(1) DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Carreira, C , Cerejeira, J , Loureiro, G , Martins, A , & Portela, M (2018)

Investimento empresarial em Portugal: Crise e recuperação

Notas Económicas, (46), 71–98 DOI

Sousa, R , Cerejeira, J , Portela, M , & Agante, E (2018)

EEE fees and the WEEE system – A model of efficiency and income in European countries

Waste Management, 79, 770–780 DOI

Alexandre, F , Aguiar-Conraria, L , Bação, P , & Portela, M (2017)

Poupança e Financiamento da Economia Portuguesa

Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Carreira, C , Cerejeira, J , Loureiro, G , Martins, A , & Portela, M (2017)

Investimento Empresarial e o Crescimento da Economia Portuguesa

(1st ed ) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2017)

Exchange Rates, Employment and Labour Market Rigidity

World Economy, 40(5), 993–1011 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

Bastos, Osório, Castro, Ramos, Carvalho, Meira, … Saraiva (2016)

A Prediction Rule to Stratify Mortality Risk of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

PLoS One, 11(9), 1–14 DOI

Costa, H , Veiga, L G , & Portela, M (2015)

Interactions in Local Governments' Spending Decisions: Evidence from Portugal

Regional Studies, 49(9), 1441–1456 DOI

Nunes, L C (Ed ) (2015)

Retornos Privados e Sociais da Educação em Portugal

In A Escola e o Desempenho dos Alunos (pp 107–127) Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Lains, P , Martins, M M F , Portela, M , & Simões, M (2014)

A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986 – 2010

Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Lains, P , Martins, M M F , Portela, M , & Simões, M (2014)

Introdução: A Economia Portuguesa Entre Duas Intervenções do FMI

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 43–68) Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Buhai, I S , Portela, M A , Teulings, C N , Teulings, C N , & van Vuuren, A (2014)

Returns to tenure or seniority?

Econometrica, 82(2), 705–730 DOI

Costa, P , Alves, R , Neto, I , Marvão, P , Portela, M , & Costa, M J (2014)

Associations between medical student empathy and personality: a multi-institutional study

PLoS One, 9(3), 1–7 DOI

Machado, C S , & Portela, M (2014)

Hours of work and retirement behavior

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3(16), 1–22 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

Varejão, J , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2014)

O Mercado de Trabalho

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 233–268) Coimbra: Actual Editora DOI

Marvao, P , Neto, I , Castelo-Branco, M , Ponte, J , Portela, M , Costa, P , & Costa, M J (2014)

An exploratory study on the contribution of graduate entry students personality to the diversity of medical student populations

Perspectives on Medical Education, 3(6), 431-442 DOI

Costa, P , Costa, M J , Neto, I , Marvão, P , & Portela, M (2014)

Do personality differences between students from different schools generalize across countries?

Medical Teacher, 36(10), 914-916 DOI

Conraria, L A , Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2012)

Emprego e TSU: o impacto no emprego das alterações nas contribuições dos trabalhadores e das empresas

NIPE Policy Paper, Universidade do Minho, Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas (NIPE) DOI

Carneiro, A , Sá, C , Cerejeira, J , Varejão, J , & Portela, M (2011)

Estudo sobre a Retribuição Mínima Mensal Garantida em Portugal

NIPE - Policy Papers, Ministério da Economia e do Emprego DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2011)

Employment and Exchange Rates: The Role of Openness and Technology

Open Economies Review, 22(5), 969–984 DOI

Monteiro, N P , & Portela, M A (2011)

Rent sharing in portuguese banking

Manchester School, 79(4), 861–883 DOI

Monteiro, N P , Portela, M A , & Straume, O R (2011)

Firm Ownership and Rent Sharing

Journal of Labor Research, 32(3), 210–236 DOI

Portela, M A , Alessie, R J M , & Teulings, C N (2010)

Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 112(3), 618–639 DOI

Alexandre, F , Bação, P , Cerejeira, J , & Portela, M (2009)

Aggregate and sector-specific exchange rate indexes for the Portuguese economy

Notas Económicas, 30, 6–28 DOI

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

Admission conditions and graduates' employability

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

Cardoso, A R , & Portela, M A (2009)

Micro foundations for wage flexibility: Wage insurance at the firm level

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111(1), 29–50 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

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

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

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

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

Vieira, J A C , Cardoso, A R , & Portela, M A (2005)

Gender segregation and the wage gap in Portugal: An analysis at the establishment level

Journal of Economic Inequality, 3(2), 145–168 DOI

Portela, M (2001)

Measuring skill: a multi-dimensional index

Economics Letters, 72(1), 27-32 DOI

More publications

Projects

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Portuguese Economy

Funding: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

Duration: 2020-12-21 - 2022-01-28

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Hugo Figueiredo

Team

Pedro Rui Mazeda Gil
Tiago Miguel Guterres Neves Sequeira
Miguel Portela

É tudo sobre produtividade: contribuições para a compreensão da estagnação da economia portuguesa

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

Investimento empresarial e o crescimento da economia portuguesa

Funding: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Duration: 2017-04-01 - 2017-06-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Fernando Alexandre

Team

Gilberto Loureiro
Miguel Portela
Pedro Bação
João Cerejeira
António Martins
Carlos Carreira

ATENA – Saber para intervir: observatório para a educação

Funding: Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo

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

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

João Cerejeira

Team

Carla Sá
Miguel Portela

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

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

Political Business Cycles and Economic Voting

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2012-01-01 - 2015-03-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Linda Gonçalves Veiga

Team

Francisco Veiga
Miguel Portela

Private versus public ownership: implications for the labour market

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2010-04-01 - 2012-09-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Odd Rune Straume

Team

Natália Pimenta Monteiro
Paulo Bastos
Miguel Portela
Kjell Lommerud

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

Impacto do salário mínimo: três desenvolvimentos face à literatura actual

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Duration: 2008-01-01 - 2010-06-30

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Carla Sá

Teaching

Análise de Dados e Competências Transversais Mestrado

Econometria Avançada Doutoramento

Econometria Avançada II Doutoramento

Econometria II Licenciatura

Extensão de Modelos de Dados em Painel Doutoramento

Projeto de Tese Doutoramento

Sistemas de Informação Analíticos Mestrado

Tópicos Avançados de Economia do Trabalho Doutoramento