"Miguel Portela is a PhD in Economics (Tinbergen Institute/University of Amsterdam, 2007). He has been working on the topic “Education, growth and labour economics”. He is currently employed at Universidade do Minho, Portugal, where he works as Assistant Professor, being affiliated with NIPE - Universidade do Minho. He is the Vice President for Research of the School of Economics and Management. His research interests' lie in the areas of labour economics, economics of education, applied microeconometrics and economic growth. It counts 12 papers, and two book chapters, and has been published in Economics Letters, Journal of Economic Inequality, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Higher Education, CESifo Economic Studies, The Manchester School, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Labor Research and Open Economies Review. He has on-going research collaborations across different countries, integrates research teams working in financed projects and has written policy oriented reports on Minimum Wage, Education and Employment on the Portuguese labour market."

"Economics Research in Portugal: People and Institutions"

"Discrete choice models for cross section and panel data" by William Greene, New York University
June 26 – June 28, 2013

"Data Management, Regression, Panel Data Analysis and Research Output using STATA" at Cass Business School, London, UK (jointly with João Cerejeira)
May 9 – 10, 2013

"1986-2010: A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia" - Conferência final, 4 e 5 de Julho, 2012, Serralves

"Emprego e TSU - O impacto no emprego das alterações nas contribuições dos trabalhadores e das empresas", 2012, em conjunto com Luís Aguiar-Conraria, Fernando Alexandre, Pedro Bação e João Cerejeira - [Dados, programação e resultados]

"Estudo sobre a Retribuição Mínima Mensal Garantida em Portugal", 2011

(RMMG: Memorando Complementar ao Relatório de Setembro de 2011, 2012)

"A poupança em Portugal", 2011

"O desemprego dos diplomados da Universidade do Minho", 2011