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Priscila Ferreira

Ph.D in Economics University of Essex

priscila@eeg.uminho.pt

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.31

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Priscila Ferreira is Assistant Professor with Habilitation in Economics at the University of Minho, Portugal. She is a labour economist and her current research focusses on the effects of economic crises and of firm-entry deregulation on labour market outcomes.
She is member of the Working Group on Labour Market Statistics (Superior Council of Statistics), and research affiliate at Centre for Research in Economics and Management.
In 2023 she won, ex-aequo- the School of Economics and Management (UMinho) Research Prize in Economics; in 2019 she won the Prize for the best paper of the Department of Economics; and in 2018 won the Prize “Competition in Markets” awarded by the Portuguese Ministry of Economics and Associação Mutualista Montepio. She also received Honourable Mentions in the 2020 and 2019 António Dornelas Prizes awarded by the Portuguese Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security.
She has published in journals such as the Journal of Human Resources, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, British Journal of Management, International Journal of Industrial Organization, amongst others.

Areas of interest

Labour economics

Applied microeconomics

Applied microeconometrics

Publications

Fernandes, A P , & Ferreira, P (2021)

Executives’ gender pay gap and financing constraints

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 192, 381–404 DOI

Ferreira, P (2020)

As time goes by: survival analysis as a method to study topics in entrepreneurship

In G Saridakis & M Cowling (Eds ), Handbook of Quantitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship (1st ed , pp 48–61) Cheltenham, U K : Edward Elgar DOI

Saridakis, G , Ferreira, P , Mohammed, A M , & Marlow, S (2022)

The relationship between gender and promotion over the business cycle: Does firm size matter?

British Journal of Management, 33(2), 806-827 DOI

Correia, I M , Ferreira, P , Pinto, L M , Valente, M , & Veiga, P (2021)

Ageing (un)equally and (un)healthily: On the health status of Portuguese people aged 50+

Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 20(1-2), 45-64 DOI

Cooke, D , Fernandes, A P , & Ferreira, P (2021)

Entry deregulation, firm organization, and wage inequality

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 77, 102763 DOI

Cooke, D , Fernandes, A P , & Ferreira, P (2021)

Entry deregulation, firm organization, and wage inequality

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 77, 102763 DOI

Cooke, D , Fernandes, A P , & Ferreira, P (2019)

Product market competition and gender discrimination

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 157, 496–522 DOI

Ferreira, P (2019)

Market Competition and Executive Pay

IZA World of Labor, 115(v2) DOI

Ferreira, P , Fernandes, A P , & Winters, L A (2018)

The effect of competition on executive compensation and incentives: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

Journal of Human Resources, 53(3), 783–824 DOI

Fernandes, A P , & Ferreira, P (2017)

Financing constraints and fixed-term employment: Evidence from the 2008-9 financial crisis

European Economic Review, 92, 215–238 DOI

Ferreira, P , & Saridakis, G (2017)

Firm Shutdown During the Financial and the Sovereign Debt Crises: Empirical Evidence from Portugal

International Journal of the Economics of Business, 24(2), 153–179 DOI

Ferreira, P (2016)

Employment, turnover and career progress

In G Saridakis & C L Cooper (Eds ), Research Handbook on Employee Turnover (1st ed , pp 274–304) Cheltenham, U K: Edward Elgar DOI

Ferreira, P (2019)

Market Competition and Executive Pay

IZA World of Labor, 115(v2) DOI

Fernandes, A P , Ferreira, P , & Winters, L A (2014)

Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill

European Economic Review, 70, 210–230 DOI

Ferreira, P , & Taylor, M P (2011)

Measuring match quality using subjective data

Economics Letters, 113(3), 304–306 DOI

Cardoso, A R , & Ferreira, P (2009)

The dynamics of job creation and destruction for university graduates: Why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading

Applied Economics, 41(19), 2513–2521 DOI

Ferreira, P , & Taylor, M P (2008)

Residential mobility, mobility preferences and psychological health

In M Brynin & J Ermisch (Eds ), Changing Relationships (pp 161–179) Routledge DOI

Ferreira, P (2007)

Promoção no interior das empresas em Portugal: quais os postos de trabalho com maior propensão para a promoção?

In A O das Neves (Ed ), Quadros de Pessoal e Investigação em Economia (Vol IX, pp 93–102) Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP) DOI

Cardoso, A R , Sousa, R , Castro, V , & Ferreira, P (2000)

Perfil do trabalhador e da empresa de baixos salários em Portugal

Economia, 24(Jan -Maio-Out ), 53–66 DOI

More publications

Projects

Study about the average salary in Portugal

Funding: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Duration: 2020-02-24 - 2020-08-24

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Priscila Ferreira

Team

Lara Patrício Tavares
Marta C. Lopes

The crisis within: Labour market (dis)functions and outcomes

Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Duration: 2014-04-01 - 2015-03-31

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Priscila Ferreira

Team

Ana Fernandes
Lara Patrício Tavares
Maria Vitória Mourão

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

People

Priscila Ferreira

Campus de Gualtar - Edificio 8 - 2.31

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Areas of interest

Publications

Executives’ gender pay gap and financing constraints

As time goes by: survival analysis as a method to study topics in entrepreneurship

The relationship between gender and promotion over the business cycle: Does firm size matter?

Ageing (un)equally and (un)healthily: On the health status of Portuguese people aged 50+

Entry deregulation, firm organization, and wage inequality

Entry deregulation, firm organization, and wage inequality

Product market competition and gender discrimination

Market Competition and Executive Pay

The effect of competition on executive compensation and incentives: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

Financing constraints and fixed-term employment: Evidence from the 2008-9 financial crisis

Firm Shutdown During the Financial and the Sovereign Debt Crises: Empirical Evidence from Portugal

Employment, turnover and career progress

Market Competition and Executive Pay

Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill

Measuring match quality using subjective data

The dynamics of job creation and destruction for university graduates: Why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading

Residential mobility, mobility preferences and psychological health

Promoção no interior das empresas em Portugal: quais os postos de trabalho com maior propensão para a promoção?

Perfil do trabalhador e da empresa de baixos salários em Portugal

More publications

Projects

Study about the average salary in Portugal

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Team

The crisis within: Labour market (dis)functions and outcomes

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Team

Education/training and the labor market: education returns

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Team

Economics and Education in Portugal: why and for whom?

Researchers and Team

Lead Researcher

Team

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