Priscila Ferreira

 University of Minho

 

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Research

Research Interests

Labour economics. Applied microeconomics. Applied microeconometrics.

 

Publications

Refereed Journals

• Mobile applications, physical activity, and health promotion. (2025) BMC Health Services Research, 25, 359. (with Pedro Sousa Basto) [DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12489-z]

• The relationship between gender and promotion over the business cycle: Does firm size matter? (April 2022, published online in January 2021) British Journal of Management, 33(2): 806-827. (with George Saridakis, Susan Marlow and Anne-Marie Mohammed) [DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12458]

  • This article also appears in the BJM International Women's Day and Women's History Month 2021 Collection

• Executives’ gender pay gap and financing constraints. (December 2021) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 192: 381-404 (with Ana P. Fernandes)
  [DOI: 10.1016/J.JEBO.2021.10.009]

• Ageing (un)equally and (un)healthily: On the health status of Portuguese people aged 50+. (June, 2021) Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 20(1+2): 45–64. (with Isabel Correia, Lígia Costa Pinto, Marieta Valente and Paula Veiga-Benesch) [DOI: 10.1386/pjss_00033_1]

• Entry deregulation, firm organization, and wage inequality. (June, 2021) International Journal of Industrial Organization, 77: 102763. (with D. Cooke and Ana P. Fernandes) [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2021.102763]

• Product market competition and gender discrimination. (January, 2019) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 157: 496-522. (with D. Cooke and Ana P. Fernandes) [DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.10.005]

• The effect of competition on executive compensation and incentives: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. (July, 2018) Journal of Human Resources, 53(3): 783-824. (with Ana P. Fernandes and L. Alan Winters) [DOI: 10.3368/jhr.53.3.0215-6963R1]

• Firm shutdown during the Financial and the Sovereign Debt crises: Empirical evidence from Portugal. (July, 2017) International Journal of the Economics of Business, 24(2): 153-179. (with George Saridakis) [DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2017.1309105]

• Financing constraints and fixed term employment contracts: Evidence from the 2008-9 Financial Crisis. (February, 2017) European Economic Review, 92: 215-238. (with Ana P. Fernandes) [DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.12.009]

• Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill. (August, 2014) European Economic Review, 70: 210-230. (with Ana P. Fernandes and L. Alan Winters) [DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.04.004]

• Measuring match quality using subjective data. (December, 2011) Economics Letters, 113(3): 304-306. (with Mark Taylor) [DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.018]

• The dynamics of job creation and destruction for University graduates: why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading. (August, 2009) Applied Economics, 41 (19): 2513-2521. (with Ana Rute Cardoso) [DOI: 10.1080/00036840802293339]

• Perfil do trabalhador e da empresa de baixos salários em Portugal. (2000), Economia, vol. 24 (Jan.-Maio-Out.): 53-66. (with Ana Rute Cardoso, Ricardo Sousa, Vítor Castro) [RepositóriUM]

 Book Chapters

• As time goes by: survival analysis as a method to study topics in entrepreneurship. (June 2020) in Handbook of Quantitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship edited by George Saridakis and Marc Cowling, Chapter 4: 48-61. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar. [ISBN: 9781786430953, DOI: 10.4337/9781786430960.00008]
  

• Employment, turnover and career progress. (2016) in Research Handbook on Employee Turnover edited by George Saridakis and Cary L. Cooper, Chapter 14: 274-304. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar. [ISBN: 9781784711146, DOI: 10.4337/9781784711153.00018]

• Residential mobility, mobility preferences and psychological health.” (2009) in Changing Relationships edited by John Ermisch and Malcolm Brynin, Chapter 10: 161-180. New York: Routledge. (with Mark P. Taylor) [ISBN: 9780415965231, DOI: 10.4324/9780203884591]

• Promoção no interior das empresas em Portugal: quais os postos de trabalho com maior propensão para a promoção? (2007) in Cadernos Sociedade e Trabalho, IX: Quadros de Pessoal e Investigação em Economia edited by António Oliveira das Neves, Chapter 9: 93-102. Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP): Lisboa. [ISBN: 9789727042869, RepositóriUM]

 Other

• Estudo sobre o salário médio em Portugal: Retrato atual e evolução recente - Relatório (Março 2021). With Marta C. Lopes and Lara P. Tavares. Gukbenkian Studies, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Future Forum

  • Estudo sobre o salário médio em Portugal: Retrato atual e evolução recente - Sumário Executivo. With Marta C. Lopes and Lara P. Tavares. Gukbenkian Studies, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Future Forum

  • Estudo sobre o salário médio em Portugal: Retrato atual e evolução recente - Mensagens principais. With Marta C. Lopes and Lara P. Tavares. Síntese, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Future Forum

• IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: The Second Phase of the Crisis/a> (January 2021) IZA Research Report No. 105, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). With: Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne, René Böheim, Thomas Leoni, Steven Tobin, Arthur Sweetman, Pierre Cahuc, Tommaso Colussi, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Paul Verstraten, João Cerejeira, Miguel Portela, Raul Ramos, Martin Kahanec, Monika Martiskova, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans, Patrick Arni, Rui Costa, Stephen Machin, Susan N. Houseman

• IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: Portugal (November 2020), with Miguel Portela and João Cerejeira Silva (country report for the project: COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Crisis response monitoring). Earlier versions of this report:
      o IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: Portugal (June, 2020)
      o IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: Portugal (May, 2020)

• IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: Short-Run Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19, Initial Policy Measures and Beyond (August 2020) IZA Research Report No. 98, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). With: Werner Eichhorst, Ulf Rinne, Paul Marx, René Böheim, Thomas Leoni, Pierre Cahuc, Tommaso Colussi, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Paul Verstraten, João Cerejeira, Miguel Portela, Raul Ramos, Martin Kahanec, Monika Martiskova, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans, Patrick Arni, Rui Costa, Stephen Machin, Susan N. Houseman

• Market competition and executive pay (revised February 2019). IZA World of Labor: 115 (DOI: 10.15185/izawol.115.v2)

• Educação e mercado de trabalho em Portugal: Retornos e transições (March 2015) Final report of the Project Ref. No.: 000 598 402 012 funded by POAT FSE – Programa Operacional de Assistência Técnica do Fundo Social Europeu.
  Research team: Carla Sá, Célio Oliveira, João Cerejeira, Marta Simões, Miguel Portela, Pedro Teixeira, Priscila Ferreira, Sandra Sousa e Sílvia Sousa [RepositóriUM]

• Is Deregulating Firm Entry Good for the Workers? Which Workers? (September 2013) in VOX, CEPR's Policy Portal (with Ana P. Fernandes and L. Alan Winters)

• Workers, firms, mobility, and wages: econometric analyses using matched employer-employee data. (June 2009) Ph.D. Thesis. Supervisors: Stephen Jenkins and Mark P. Taylor. Examiners: David Margolis (Paris School of Economics) and Stephen Pudney (U. Essex). [ISNI: 0000 0004 2668 7912; British Library]

• Promoção no interior das empresas em Portugal: quais os postos de trabalho com maior propensão para a promoção? (December 2003) Master Dissertation. Supervisor: Ana Rute Cardoso. Examiners: José Varejão (UPorto) and Margarida Proença (UMinho) [RepositoriUM]

• Baixos Salários em Portugal., report drawn up to the Portuguese Ministry of Employment. NIMA – Applied Microeconomics Research Unit, University of Minho. February 2000. (with Ana Rute Cardoso, Ricardo Sousa, and Vítor Castro)

 Working Papers - not yet published

• "Todos diferentes, todos iguais? Por um sistema educativo que celebre a diversidade, e promova a convivência pacífica e o sucesso de todos."  (with Pedro Ferreira)
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25470.91206

• "Firms and workers: who fails in times of crisis?” (weith Mark P. Taylor) NIMA WP Nº 44 (2011)

• “The sources of interindustry wage differentials.” ISER WP Nº 2009-13 (2009)

• “Returns to job mobility: the role of observed and unobserved factors.” ISER WP Nº 2009-12 (2009)

The full list of working papers is listed in RePEc/IDEAS

Beyond science? Think again:

Blogs

• Regular opinion column in the newspaper Correio do Minho (with Pedro Sousa Basto). Check our Perfect Planet blog, where we provide access to the text version of the columns (with permission from the newspaper): https://pxp-cminho.blogspot.com/

• Conversas em torno da Valentina – O caminho para a inclusão: this is a blog dedicated to sharing thoughts on the challenges faced by a neurodivergent child, both in school and beyond. Through personal experiences, insights, and discussions, it aims to raise awareness, promote understanding, and advocate for a more inclusive world. https://valentinadmf.blogspot.com/

Colaboração com a revista da APE: "O Escritor"

• “O meu percurso com Vergílio Ferreira.” Ensaio. March 2022. O Escritor Nº 6-7, 3ª Série. Associação Portuguesa de Escritores, Lisboa.

 

Funded Research Projects

Principal investigator of the following projects

• Estudo sobre o Salário Médio em Portugal
  Funding body: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (€42,117.02)
  Research Team: Priscila Ferreira (PI, NIPE, UMinho), Lara Tavares (ISCSP, U. Lisboa) e Marta Lopes (European University Institute)
  Start: March/2020
  Status: ongoing
  Webpage: https://gulbenkian.pt/forum-futuro/salario-medio-em-portugal/
  
  
• The crisis within: Labour market (dis)functions and outcomes
  Funding body: FEDER (€12.698,15) through Eixo I do Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade (POFC) do QREN and by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (€2.240,85)
  Reference: FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-041505 & EXPL/IIM-ECO/1207/2013
  Research Team: Priscila Ferreira (PI, NIMA, UMinho), Lara Tavares (ISCSP, UTL), Vitória Mourão (ISCSP, UTL), Ana P. Fernandes (UExeter, UK)
  Outcome: overall rating 8/9 (High Impact - Extremely strong with negligible weaknesses), recommended funding of €14.939,00
  Period: April/2014-March/2015 (extended until June 2015)
  Status: Terminated
  
  
• Applied Microeconomics Research Unit's [NIMA] Strategic Research Project 2014
  Funding body: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
  Reference: PEst-OE/EGE/UI3181/2014 (FCT)
  Research team: see list of NIMA members
  Outcome: recommended funding of €14.711,00
  Period: Jan/2014-Dec/2014 (extended until March 2015)
  Status: Terminated
  
  
• Applied Microeconomics Research Unit's [NIMA] Strategic Research Project 2011/2013
  Funding body: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
  Reference: PEst-OE/EGE/UI3181/2011 (FCT)
  Research team: see list of NIMA members
  Outcome: recommended funding of €44.548,00
  Period: Jan/2011-Dec/2012 (extended until December 2013)
  Status: Terminated
  

Team member of the following projects

• Melhor e Mais Educação - Educação/formação e mercado de trabalho: Retornos da educação e Empregabilidade
  Funding body: Programa Operacional de Assistência Técnica FSE (QREN)
  Reference: Projecto no. 000598402012
  Research team: Miguel Portela (PI, NIPE, UMinho), Priscila Ferreira (NIMA, UMinho), Carla Sá (NIPE, UMinho), João C. C. Silva (NIPE, UMinho), Silvia Sousa (NIPE, UMinho)
  Outcome: recommended funding of €54.960,00
  Period: 30/Sept/2012 to 30/Jun/2014 (extended until December 2014)
  Status: Terminated
  
  
• Economics and Education in Portugal: why and for whom?
  Funding body: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
  Reference: PTDC/EGE-ECO/122126/2010 (FCT)
  Research team: Miguel Portela (PI, NIPE, UMinho), Priscila Ferreira (NIMA, UMinho), Carla Sá (NIPE, UMinho), João C. C. Silva (NIPE, UMinho), Marta Simões (GEMF/FE/UC), Silvia Sousa (NIPE, UMinho), Pedro Teixeira (CIPES)
  Outcome: overall rating Excellent, recommended funding of €23.000,00
  Period: 1/Feb/2012 to 31/Jan/2015 (extended until July 2015)
  Status: Terminated

Other projects

• IZA Crisis Response Monitoring: Covid-19 and the labour market
  Research Team: Priscila Ferreira (NIPE, UMinho), Miguel Portela, João Cerejeira Silva (country-specific team)
  Period: April/2020 (start)
  Status: ongoing
  Project website: https://covid-19.iza.org/crisis-monitor/
  

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