Details about Pedro Portugal

Homepage:	http://docentes.fe.unl.pt/~portugal/
Workplace:	School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Nova University of Lisbon), (more information at EDIRC) Banco de Portugal (Central Bank of Portugal), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

On the Asymmetrical Sensitivity of the Distribution of Real Wages to Business Cycle Fluctuations
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

Retrieving the Returns to Experience, Tenure, and Job Mobility from Work Histories
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Also in Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department (2022)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023)
Union membership density and wages: the role of worker, firm, and job-title heterogeneity
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
See also Journal Article Union membership density and wages: The role of worker, firm, and job-title heterogeneity, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
What lies behind returns to schooling: the role of labor market sorting and worker heterogeneity
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department

2022

Human Capital Spillovers and Returns to Education
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department

2021

The Persistence of Wages
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Also in Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department (2021)
See also Journal Article The persistence of wages, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2003

Six Ways to Leave Unemployment
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (19)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (25)
See also Journal Article SIX WAYS TO LEAVE UNEMPLOYMENT, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2008) View citations (12) (2008)

2002

Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (26)
See also Journal Article Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2006) View citations (142) (2006)
Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations from Longitudinal Matched Employer-Employee Data Set
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (1)
Patterns of Entry, Post-Entry Growth and Survival: A Comparison Between Domestic and Foreign Owned Firms
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Patterns of Entry, Post-Entry Growth and Survival: A Comparison Between Domestic and Foreign Owned Firms, Small Business Economics, Springer (2004) View citations (49) (2004)
Quantile Regression Methods: na Application to U.S. Unemployment Duration
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (11)

2001

Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Job Accessions and Separations from a Longitudinal Matched Employer-Emplo
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (14)
Disentangling the minimum wage puzzle: an analysis of job accessions and separations from a longitudinal matched employer- employee data set
NIMA Working Papers, Núcleo de Investigação em Microeconomia Aplicada (NIMA), Universidade do Minho View citations (12)
Job Search Methods and Outcomes
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (36)
Also in ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (1998) View citations (2)
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department (1998) View citations (23)
See also Journal Article Job search methods and outcomes, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2002) View citations (152) (2002)
The Survival of New Domestic and Foreign Owned Firms
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (79)
Unemployment Duration: Competing and Defective Risks
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
Also in Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department (2000) View citations (4)
See also Journal Article Unemployment Duration Competing and Defective Risks, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2003) View citations (40) (2003)

1999

Closure and Divestiture By Foreign Entrants: The Impact of Entry and Post-Entry Strategies
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (22)
See also Journal Article Closure and divestiture by foreign entrants: the impact of entry and post‐entry strategies, Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell (2000) View citations (54) (2000)

1998

A Comparative Study of The Portuguese and Spanish Labour Markets
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (11)
Also in Working Papers, Banco de España (1998) View citations (22)
On The Time-Varying Effects of Unemployment Insurance on Joblessness
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department
Unemployment Insurance and Joblessness in Portugal
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (4)
What Hides Behind An Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and Us Unemployment
Working Papers, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department View citations (45)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (44)

1995

The Survival of New Plants: Start-up Conditions and Post-entry Evolution
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (310)
See also Journal Article The survival of new plants: Start-up conditions and post-entry evolution, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (1995) View citations (311) (1995)

Journal Articles

2023

The persistence of wages
Journal of Econometrics, 2023, 233, (2), 596-611 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper The Persistence of Wages, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)
Union membership density and wages: The role of worker, firm, and job-title heterogeneity
Journal of Econometrics, 2023, 233, (2), 612-632 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Union membership density and wages: the role of worker, firm, and job-title heterogeneity, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) (2023)

2022

Why do firms use fixed-term contracts?
Portuguese Economic Journal, 2022, 21, (3), 401-421 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Why Do Firms Use Fixed-Term Contracts?, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (58) (2009)

2021

The Sources of the Wage Losses of Displaced Workers: The Role of the Reallocation of Workers into Firms, Matches, and Job Titles
Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56, (3), 786-820 View citations (25)

2020

How the ins and outs shape differently the U.S. unemployment over time and across frequencies
European Economic Review, 2020, 121, (C) View citations (1)
The sources of wage variability in Portugal: a binge reading survey
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2020

2018

The distribution of wages and wage inequality
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2018 View citations (5)
The sources of wage variation and the direction of assortative matching: Evidence from a three-way high-dimensional fixed effects regression model
Labour Economics, 2018, 54, (C), 47-60 View citations (10)

2017

Boom, slump, sudden stops, recovery, and policy options. Portugal and the Euro
Portuguese Economic Journal, 2017, 16, (3), 149-168 View citations (30)
See also Working Paper Boom, Slump, Sudden Stops, Recovery, and Policy Options: Portugal and the Euro, Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (29) (2017)
Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession: Evidence from Portugal
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2017, 55, (3), 551-576 View citations (25)
See also Working Paper Unions and collective bargaining in the wake of the Great Recession: evidence from Portugal, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2017) View citations (23) (2017)

2016

The sources of the gender wage gap
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2016 View citations (4)
What drives the gender wage gap? A look at the role of firm and job-title heterogeneity
Oxford Economic Papers, 2016, 68, (2), 506-524 View citations (51)

2015

On fallacies surrounding the discussion about the reduction of social security contributions
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2015
The termination of international joint ventures: Closure and acquisition by domestic and foreign partners
International Business Review, 2015, 24, (4), 677-689 View citations (14)

2014

Catastrophic job Destruction during the Portuguese Economic Crisis
Journal of Macroeconomics, 2014, 39, (PB), 444-457 View citations (58)
See also Working Paper Catastrophic job destruction during the Portuguese economic crisis, Special Conference Papers (2013) View citations (11) (2013)
Labor demand research: Toward a better match between better theory and better data
Labour Economics, 2014, 30, (C), 4-11 View citations (26)
See also Working Paper Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
Wage adjustments during a severe economic downturn
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2014 View citations (6)

2013

Labor unions, union density and the union wage premium
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2013 View citations (6)
The Reservation Wage Unemployment Duration Nexus
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 75, (6), 980-987 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper The Reservation Wage Unemployment Duration Nexus, Working Papers (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

2012

Real Wages and the Business Cycle: Accounting for Worker, Firm, and Job Title Heterogeneity
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2012, 4, (2), 133-52 View citations (137)

2011

Debt and extinction of firms
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2011 View citations (1)

2010

A simple feasible procedure to fit models with high-dimensional fixed effects
Stata Journal, 2010, 10, (4), 628-649 View citations (271)
Founding conditions and the survival of new firms
Strategic Management Journal, 2010, 31, (5), 510-529 View citations (176)
See also Working Paper Founding Conditions and the Survival of New Firms, DRUID Working Papers (2007) View citations (123) (2007)
On the cyclical sensitivity of real wages
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2010 View citations (7)
Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped‐Down Job Search Approach
Economica, 2010, 77, (305), 46-59 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Unemployment Benefits and Reservation Wages: Key Elasticities from a Stripped-Down Job Search Approach, Working Papers (2008) View citations (10) (2008)

2009

Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages
Journal of Labor Research, 2009, 30, (1), 1-8 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages, Working Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2008

How do different entitlements to unemployment benefits affect the transitions from unemployment into employment?
Economics Letters, 2008, 101, (3), 206-209 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper How Do Different Entitlements to Unemployment Benefits Affect the Transitions from Unemployment into Employment?, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (4) (2007)
Market power, dismissal threat, and rent sharing
International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29, (1), 30-47 View citations (6)
SIX WAYS TO LEAVE UNEMPLOYMENT
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 55, (4), 393-419 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper Six Ways to Leave Unemployment, Working Papers (2003) View citations (19) (2003)
Unemployment Duration in the Portuguese Labour Market
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2008 View citations (1)

2007

Employment Dynamics and the Structure of Labor Adjustment Costs
Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25, (1), 137-165 View citations (55)
See also Working Paper Employment Dynamics and the Structure of Labor Adjustment Costs, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (17) (2006)
The Economic Impact of Rising the Retirement Age: Lessons From the September 1993 Law
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2007

2006

Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4, (5), 988-1013 View citations (142)
See also Working Paper Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations, IZA Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (26) (2002)
Wage Setting in the Portuguese Labor Market: A Microeconomic Approach
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2006 View citations (1)

2005

Contractual Wages and the Wage Cushion under Different Bargaining Settings
Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23, (4), 875-902 View citations (216)

2004

How does the unemployment insurance system shape the time profile of jobless duration?
Economics Letters, 2004, 85, (2), 229-234 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper How Does the Unemployment Insurance System Shape the Time Profile of Jobless Duration?, IZA Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (28) (2004)
Myths and Facts Regarding the Portuguese Labour Market - the Tragic Fate of College Graduates
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2004 View citations (3)
Patterns of Entry, Post-Entry Growth and Survival: A Comparison Between Domestic and Foreign Owned Firms
Small Business Economics, 2004, 22, (3_4), 283-298 View citations (49)
See also Working Paper Patterns of Entry, Post-Entry Growth and Survival: A Comparison Between Domestic and Foreign Owned Firms, Working Papers (2002) View citations (4) (2002)
The European Labour Markets - Disincentive Effects of Unemployment Benefits on the Paths Out of Unemployment
CESifo Forum, 2004, 5, (01), 24-30 View citations (1)

2003

Unemployment Duration Competing and Defective Risks
Journal of Human Resources, 2003, 38, (1) View citations (40)
See also Working Paper Unemployment Duration: Competing and Defective Risks, IZA Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (11) (2001)

2002

Job search methods and outcomes
Oxford Economic Papers, 2002, 54, (3), 505-533 View citations (152)
See also Working Paper Job Search Methods and Outcomes, IZA Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (36) (2001)

2001

Wages of Civil Servants
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2001 View citations (12)
What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets
American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (1), 187-207 View citations (396)

2000

Closure and divestiture by foreign entrants: the impact of entry and post‐entry strategies
Strategic Management Journal, 2000, 21, (5), 549-562 View citations (54)
See also Working Paper Closure and Divestiture By Foreign Entrants: The Impact of Entry and Post-Entry Strategies, Working Papers (1999) View citations (22) (1999)
Labour market outliers: Lessons from Portugal and Spain
Economic Policy, 2000, 15, (31), 380-428 View citations (20)
Short- and long-term unemployment
Economics Letters, 2000, 66, (1), 107-112 View citations (4)

1999

Employment volatility, employment protection and unemployment
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 1999 View citations (3)

1998

Some specification issues in unemployment duration analysis
Labour Economics, 1998, 5, (1), 53-66 View citations (14)

1997

Mobility and unemployment in the Portuguese labour market
Economic Bulletin and Financial Stability Report Articles and Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 1997

1995

Short- and Long-Term Unemployment. A Parametric Model with Time-Varying Effects
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1995, 57, (2), 205-27 View citations (4)
The survival of new plants: Start-up conditions and post-entry evolution
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1995, 13, (4), 459-481 View citations (311)
See also Working Paper The Survival of New Plants: Start-up Conditions and Post-entry Evolution, CEPR Discussion Papers (1995) View citations (310) (1995)

1994

Life Duration of New Firms
Journal of Industrial Economics, 1994, 42, (3), 227-45 View citations (407)

1992

Advance Notice and Unemployment: New Evidence from the 1988 Displaced Worker Survey
ILR Review, 1992, 45, (4), 645-664 View citations (15)
The Distributional Shape of Unemployment Duration: A Reply
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1992, 74, (4), 717-21 View citations (5)

1991

Does advance notice facilitate better job matches?
Economics Letters, 1991, 36, (2), 209-212

1990

Problems of Sample Construction in Studies of the Effects of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Duration
ILR Review, 1990, 43, (4), 463-477 View citations (8)

1989

Job Displacement, Relative Wage Changes, and Duration of Unemployment
Journal of Labor Economics, 1989, 7, (3), 281-302 View citations (162)

1987

On the Distributional Shape of Unemployment Duration
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (3), 521-26 View citations (22)
The Effect of Advance Notification of Plant Closings on Unemployment
ILR Review, 1987, 41, (1), 3-16 View citations (27)

Chapters

2008

Wages and the Risk of Displacement
A chapter in Work, Earnings and Other Aspects of the Employment Relation, 2008, pp 251-276 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Wages and the risk of displacement, European Central Bank (2010) View citations (3) (2010)