Curriculum Vitae - Pedro S. Martins
April 2011
Academic degrees
Current and previous positions
- Professor of Applied Economics, Queen Mary, University of London
(Sept 2009-)
- Scientific Council Member, EPIS, Associacao
"Empresarios pela Inclusao Social" (Sept 2006-)
- Research Fellow, CEG-IST (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon)
(Jul 2006-)
- Research Fellow, IZA (Institute for the
Study of Labor, Bonn) (Oct 2004-)
- Visitor, Research Department, Banco de
Portugal (Jan 1999-Jan 2007)
- Visitor, IPEA, Brazil (Aug-Sept
2006; July-Aug 2007)
- Consultant, Instituto Nacional de
Estatistica, Portugal (June-Nov 2005)
- Consultant, Research Department, Watson Wyatt (Jan-July 2005)
- Reader [Associate Professor] in Applied Economics, Queen Mary, University of London
(Sept 2007-Aug 2009)
- Senior Lecturer [Associate Professor] in Economics, Queen Mary, University of London
(June 2005-Aug 2007)
- Lecturer in Economics, Queen Mary,
University of London (July 2004-May 2005)
- Lecturer [Assistant Professor], University of St Andrews
(Oct 2003-June 2004)
- Visitor, ETLA - The Research Institute
of the Finnish Economy (Aug 2003, Sept 2004)
- Consultant, DG
Education and Culture, European Commission (2003-2004)
- Visitor, Economics Department, New
York University (July-Aug 2003)
- Research Assistant, Centre for
the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick
(2002-2003)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at Warwick University
(2000-2003; Microeconomics 1 and 2, Research in Applied Economics)
- Research Fellow at Universidade Nova de
Lisboa - European Commission
Research Project (1998-2000)
- Director/Editor, 'Nova
Economia' magazine (1996-1997)
- Teaching experience: Microeconomics (Intermediate and Advanced);
Econometrics; Statistics; Business Economics; Labour and Personnel Economics;
Introductory Macroeconomics
- Administrative experience (QMUL): Director of Research; Management
Committee member; Admissions Chair; Chair, Deputy Chair of the UG Exams Board;
Research Committee member; Seminar organiser; SSLC chair; Interviewing panels
member; External examiner (RHUL/Economics, UG and PG)
Research
a) Published /
Forthcoming
- Paying More to Hire the Best? Foreign Firms, Wages and Worker Mobility'.
Economic Inquiry, 49(2), 349–363, 2011.
- Os contratos a termo em Portugal,
with Alcides Martins. Educacao e Emprego, 1(1), 2011.
- Real and Nominal Wage Rigidity in a Model of Equal-Treatment Contracting
(with Andy Snell and Jonathan Thomas). Scandinavian Journal of
Economics, 112(4), 841-863, 2010.
- Improving Achievement through Targeted, Non-Cognitive Skills: Evidence
from the EPIS Program. Bank of Portugal, Conference Proceedings, Lisbon, 2010.
- Nacionalidade das Empresas e Fluxo de
Empregos no Brasil (with Luiz Esteves). Estudos Economicos,
40(1), 133-152, 2010.
- Rent Sharing: A Survey of Methodologies and Results, in "Wage Structures,
Employment Adjustments and Globalization: Evidence from Linked and Firm-level
Panel Data", editors: D. Marsden and F. Rycx, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Firm-Level Social Returns to Education (with Jim Jin). Journal of
Population Economics, 23(2), 539–558, 2010.
- The Effects of Exporting on Firm Productivity: A Meta-Analysis of the
Learning-by-Exporting Hypothesis (with Yong Yang). Review of World
Economics, 145(3), 431-445, 2009.
- Dismissals for Cause: The Difference that Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make,
Journal of Labor Economics, 27(2), 257-279, 2009.
- Rent Sharing Before and After the Wage Bill. Applied Economics,
41(17), 2133-2151, 2009.
- Dispersion in Wage Premiums and Firm Performance. Economics
Letters, 101(1), 63-65, 2008.
- Worker Churning and Firm's Wage Policies. International Journal of
Manpower, 29(1), 48-63, 2008.
- Rent Sharing and Wages. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie
Economique, 46(2/3), 23-31, 2007.
- Heterogeneity in Wage Cyclicality, Scottish Journal of Political
Economy, 54(5), 684-698, 2007.
- External Hirings and Firm Productivity (with Francisco Lima), Applied
Economics Letters, 13(14), 911-915, 2006.
- Rent Sharing nas Industrias
Brasileiras (with Luiz Esteves), in "Tecnologia, Exportação e Emprego",
editors: J. DeNegri, F. DeNegri and D. Coelho, IPEA, 2006.
- Wage Dynamics, Cohort Effects and Limited Commitment Models (with Andy
Snell and Jonathan Thomas). Journal of the European Economic
Association, 3(2/3), 350-359, 2005.
- The Inter-Industry Wage Structure of US Multinationals, Economics Bulletin, 10(1), 1-12,
2005.
- Industry Wage Dispersion: Evidence from the Wage Distribution. Economics Letters, 83(2), 157-163,
2004.
- Returns to Education and Wage Equations. (with Pedro Telhado Pereira)
Applied Economics, 36(6),
525-531, 2004.
- Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regression Evidence From
16 Countries. (with Pedro Telhado Pereira), Labour Economics, 11(3),
355-371, 2004.
- Wage Differentials and Wage Spillovers of Foreign Firms. Bank of Portugal,
Conference Proceedings, Lisbon, 2004.
- Firm Wage Differentials in a Competitive Industry: Some Matched Panel
Evidence. International Journal of Manpower, 24(4), 336-346,
2003.
- Is There A Return-Risk Link in Education? (With Pedro Telhado Pereira)
Economics Letters, 75(1), 31-37, 2002.
- Education and Earnings in Portugal, with Pedro T. Pereira. Bank of
Portugal, Conference Proceedings, Lisbon, 2002.
- Portugal. (With Pedro Telhado Pereira) in "Education and Earnings in
Europe", edited by C. Harmon, I. Walker and N. Westergaard-Nielsen, Edward Elgar, 2001.
b) Submitted /
Under Revision
- Minu, Startu and all that: Pitfalls in estimating the sensitivity of a worker’s wage to aggregate unemployment (with Andy Snell and Jonathan Thomas)
- Cronyism
- Globalised labour markets? International rent sharing across 47 countries
(with Yong Yang)
- Do foreign-owned firms provide better working conditions than their
domestic counterparts? A comparative analysis (with Alexander Hijzen, Thorsten
Schank, and Richard Upward)
- Can Targeted, Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Achievement? Evidence
from EPIS
- Exports, Imports and Wages: Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker-Product
Panels (with Luca Opromolla)
- Measuring What Employers Really Do About Entry Wages Over the Business
Cycle (with Gary Solon and Jonathan Thomas)
- Increasing the Legal Retirement Age: The Impact on Wages, Worker Flows,
and Firm Performance (with Alvaro Novo and Pedro Portugal)
- Individual Teacher Incentives, Student Achievement and Grade Inflation
- Multinational Performance and the Geography of FDI: Evidence from 46
Countries (with Yong Yang)
- Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil: Evidence from
Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers (with Luiz Esteves)
- Do Foreign Firms Really Pay Higher Wages? Evidence from Different
Estimators
- Student Achievement and University Classes: Effects of Attendance, Size,
Peers, and Teachers (with Ian Walker)
- Is There Rent Sharing in Developing Countries? Matched Panel Evidence from
Brazil (with Luiz Esteves)
- Is Firm Performance Driven by Fairness or Tournaments: Evidence from
Brazilian Matched Data (with Luiz Esteves)
c) Other
writings
- Wage Segmentation in Competitive Industries: Theory and Evidence.
- Rent Sharing and Foreign Ownership
- The Returns to University Degrees: the Students' Perspectives.
- International Tax/Amenity Competition for US Foreign Direct Investment.
(with Myrna Wooders and Ben Zissimos)
- 'Over-Education and Unobserved Skills: Evidence from a Matched Panel' (Abstract,
Paper)
- Monetary Union and Labour-Market Reform: The Role of Asymmetric Shocks.
- 'O Ensino da Microeconomia: Uma Comparação entre a Nova e Warwick' [In
Portuguese] (with J-P Gomes) (Abstract,
Paper)
- Several articles in Portuguese publications (Público, Diário de Notícias, Diário Económico, Jornal de Negócios, Economia Pura, RH Magazine, and Nova Economia)
including "Educação: O Que Fazer?" (Aug 2002), "Pôr a Educação a
Aprender" (Aug 2004), "Educação - Propostas
Concretas" (Aug 2005), "Incentivar os
Politicos" (Oct 2005), "A Rainha Vai Nua?!"
(Jan 2006), "Flexigurança"
(Mar 2006) and "A Rotatividade dos
Trabalhadores" (May 2006); "Economia das Pessoas" blog
- Media appearances: Diario
de Noticias (pdf),
TSF, Folha de S. Paulo
- Chapter "People", INE Yearbook 2004 (Dec 2005) (preliminary version, in
Portuguese)
- Ideas/Repec
webpage
Research projects
- "Temporary Contracts and Economic Performance", FCT, 2010-2012 (€28k)
- "Entrepreneurial Exit and Organisation Performance", FCT (Coordinator:
Professor Miguel Amaral), 2010-2013 (€75k)
- "Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data: Industry Dynamics, Firm
Performance, and Worker Outcomes", COST/ESF/European Commission (Coordinator:
Professor John Earle), 2008-2010 (€400k)
- "Competitiveness, Innovation and Intangible Investment in Europe",
European Commission (Coordinator: Professor Jonathan Haskel), 2008-2010
(€1.4m)
- "Cohort effects within firms, and their implications for labour market
outcomes and the business cycle", ESRC (Coordinator: Professor Jonathan
Thomas), 2008-2011 (£330k).
- "Multinational Firms and Working Conditions", OECD, Paris, 2007-2008
(€8.5k)
- "Higher Education and Entrepreneurship: A Longitudinal Study", FCT
(Coordinator: Professor Francisco Lima), 2007-2010 (€110k)
- "Diversification and Entrepreneurial Entry", FCT (Coordinator: Professor
Rui Baptista), 2007-2010 (€200k)
- "European Labour Market Analysis
using Firm-level Panel Data and Linked Employer-Employee Data", European
Commission (Coordinator: Professor David Marsden), 2006-2008 (€250k).
- "Class Attendance and Composition and Student Performance", Teaching
Development Fund, University of Warwick (Coordinator: Professor Ian
Walker), 2003-2004 (£3k).
- "Tax Competition and Amenities", ESRC and CSGR (Coordinator: Professor
Myrna Wooders), 2002-2003.
- "From School to Work", Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
(Coordinator: Professor Pedro Telhado Pereira), 2000-2003.
- "Public Funding and Private Returns to
Education", European Commission (Coordinator: Professor Rita Asplund),
1998-2000 (€100k).
Awards
- Scientific Prize UTL/Santander Totta 2010
(Economics and Management), €5,000 (Oct 2010)
- Paper Presenter, Bank
of Portugal Conference, €5,000 (May 2010)
- Netspar (Network for Studies on
Pensions, Aging, and Retirement) grant, €5,000 (Jan 2007)
- British Academy Small Research
Grant, £7,500 (July 2006)
- Paper Presenter, Bank of
Portugal Conference, €6,250 (Mar 2004)
- Conference Grant, Royal Economic
Society (Aug 2003)
- Fees waiver, European Society of Population
Economics Annual Conference, New York (June 2003)
- "Class Teacher of the Year 2001-02" Award, Department of
Economics, University of Warwick
- Invited Paper (co-author), Bank of
Portugal Conference, €5,000 (March 2002)
- PhD Scholarship (2000-04), Fundação para
a Ciência e a Tecnologia, €60,000
- Chevening Scholarship (1997-98 and 2000-03), British Council
Referee/Reviewer: American Economic Review; Applied Economics; Applied Economics Quarterly; British Journal of Industrial
Relations; Bulletin of Economic
Research; Canadian Journal of Economics; Economic
Modelling; Economics
Bulletin; Economic Development
and Cultural Change; Economic
Inquiry; Economic
Journal; Economica; Economics Bulletin; Economics of Education Review; Empirical Economics; European Economic Review; Industrial and Labor Relations Review;
Industrial Relations; International Economic Review; Journal of Applied Econometrics; Journal of Applied Economics; Journal of Development Studies; Journal of Economic Inequality; Journal of Labor Economics; Journal of Population Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association; LABOUR; Labour Economics; Manchester School; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and
Statistics; Oxford Economic
Papers; Portuguese Economic
Journal; Quarterly Journal of
Economics; Review of Economic
Studies; Review of World
Economics; Scandinavian Journal
of Economics; Scottish Journal
of Political Economy; ECB Working Papers; ESRC; McGraw-Hill; MIT Press;
Oxford University Press; Pearson; Routledge; Thomson.
Editorial council: "Educacao e Emprego".
Invited Seminars/Lectures
- 2011: Tuebingen (Jun 2011), Nova/Lisbon (May 2011), Harvard Business School/Boston (April 2011), HECER/Helsinki (March 2011), VATT/Helsinki (March 2011), NIESR/London (Jan 2011)
- 2010: RWI/Essen (Oct 2010), Institute of Education/London (Oct 2010), University of Stockholm (Sept 2010), Swedish Central Bank (Sept 2010), NIPE/University of Minho
(July 2010), ISEG/Lisbon (May 2010), Kent (Mar 2010)
- 2009: XVIII International
Tor Vergata Conference/Rome (Dec 2009), Michigan State/East Lansing (Nov 2009), Banco de Portugal/Lisbon (Sept 2009), Institute of Education/London (May 2009)
- 2008:
GEP-IFN/Stockholm (Dec 2008), University
of Copenhagen (Mar 2008), INED/Paris
(Mar 2008), Netspar/Tilburg (Jan 2008),
Queen Mary/London (Jan 2008), Warwick (Jan 2008)
- 2007: Nova/Lisbon (Dec 2007), Loughborough (Nov 2007), British Academy/London (Sept 2007), European
Commission/Brussels (May 2007), Banco
de Portugal/Lisbon (Apr 2007)
- 2006: GEP/Nottingham
(Nov 2006), CEG-IST/Lisbon
(Sept 2006), IPEA/Brasilia (Sept 2006),
London Business School (May 2006), Central European
University/Budapest (Jan 2006), Institute
for Social Research/Oslo (Jan 2006)
- 2005: FIEF/Stockholm (Sept 2005), SOFI/Stockholm (Sept
2005), IZA/Bonn (May 2005), European
Commission/Brussels (Apr 2005), King's College London (Apr
2005), Banco de Portugal/Lisbon (Mar
2005), UNL/Lisbon (Mar 2005), Watson Wyatt (Jan 2005)
- 2004: ISER/Essex (Nov 2004), Kent (Oct 2004), ETLA/Helsinki (Sept 2004), Nottingham (Feb
2004), Aberdeen (Feb
2004)
- 2003: Warwick
(May 2003), St Andrews
(Mar 2003), Newcastle (Mar
2003)
- 2002: Malaga (Nov 2002)
- 2001: Manchester (Nov 2001)
- 2000: UNL/Lisbon (Oct 2000), ISEG/Lisbon (Mar 2000)
Conference Presentations
- 2011: Portuguese Economic Journal (Aveiro, July 2011);
Economic analysis using linked employer and employee data (Oporto, June 2011);
SOLE (Vancouver, Apr 2011);
International Political Economy workshop (London, Apr 2011);
- 2010: WISE Symposium
LABOR 2010 (Xiamen, Dec 2010); CAED
(London, Sept 2010); NBER Summer Institute [delivered by
co-author] (Boston, July 2010); SOLE/EALE conference (London, June 2010);
- 2009: CREI-Kiel
Institute Conference on Macroeconomic Fluctuations and the Labor Market
[delivered by co-author] (Barcelona, Oct 2009); NBER Summer Institute [delivered by
co-author] (Boston, July 2009); SOLE annual
meetings (Boston, May 2009); Royal Economic Society conference
(Surrey, Apr 2009);
- 2008: Maison Franco-Japonaise conference
(Tokyo, Nov 2008); CAED conference
(Budapest, May 2008); SOLE annual
meetings (New York, May 2008); LEED conference/Universite Libre de
Bruxelles (Brussels, May 2008);
- 2007: FDI and Its
Consequences Conference (Ghent; Sept 2007); UK Social Networks
Conference (London; July 2007); Labor
Markets in Transition and Developing Economies (Ann Arbor, May 2007)
- 2006: Arne Ryde symposium "The Economics of
Higher Education and the Education of Economists"(Lund, Nov 2006); European
Association of Labour Economics conference (Prague, Sept 2006); CAEDconference
(Chicago, Sept 2006); ZEW Wage Growth
and Mobility workshop (Mannheim, Mar 2006); American Economic
Association/Allied Social Sciences Association [delivered by co-author]
(Boston, Jan 2006)
- 2005: Society of Labor
Economists/European Association of Labour
Economics Annual
Meetings(San Francisco, June 2005); Banco de Portugal "European
Labour Markets and Education" Conference (Quinta do Lago, May 2005); Royal Economic Society Annual
Conference (Nottingham, Mar 2005); ZEW Workshop on
Education and Training (Mannheim, Mar 2005)
- 2004: European Association of Labour
Economists Annual
Conference(Lisbon, Sept 2004); CESifo Schooling
and Human Capital conference [discussant] (Munich, Sept 2004); European Economic AssociationAnnual Conference
(Madrid, Aug 2004); CAM Workshop
on Education as a Risky Asset (Copenhagen, Aug 2004); European Society of Population
Economics Annual Conference
(Bergen, June 2004); IZA/SOLE Trans-Atlantic
Meeting of Labor Economists (Munich, June 2004); LoWER Annual Conference - LSE
(London, April, 2004); "Desenvolvimento
Economico Portugues" Bank of
Portugal Conference (Lisbon, Mar 2004)
- 2006: Foreign
Acquisitions of Domestic Firms workshop (Hamburg, Oct 2003); European
Association of Labour Economists conference (Seville, Sept 2003); EEA/ceemap Summer
School "Microeconometrics" (London, Sept 2003); Comparative Analysis
of Enterprise Data conference (London, Sept 2003); European Association for Research in
Industrial Economics conference (Helsinki, Aug 2003); European
Society for Population Economics conference (New York, June 2003); "Education
as a Risky Asset" workshop (Aarhus, Apr 2003)
- 2002: Applied Econometrics
Association Conference (Brussels, Apr 2002); ZEW Summer School
on "Human Capital" (Mannheim, May 2002); Spring
Meeting of Young Economists (Paris, April 2002); Paris
I-Warwick Jamboree (Paris, March 2002)
- 2001: Nordic Workshop on the Economics of Linked Data (Helsinki, Dec 2001); EEEG Annual Conference
(Leicester, July 2001); Labour Economics Workshop (Ponta
Delgada, June 2001); Conference on the Portuguese Economy
(Lisbon, May 2001); Royal Economic Society Easter School
(Birmingham, April 2001); Spring Meeting of
Young Economists (Copenhagen, Mar/Apr 2001)
- 2000: 'PuRE' Second Users-Oriented
Seminar (Lisbon, Oct 2000); CIP "Para um Sistema Fiscal
Competitivo" (Lisbon, Oct 2000); European Science Foundation EURESCO conference
(Toulon, Sept 2000); Instituto Francisco Sá Carneiro
"Educação em Portugal" conference (Lisbon, June 2000); European Society of Population
Economics conference (Bonn, June 2000); IZA Labour
Economics Summer School (Munich, June 2000); Spring
Meeting of Young Economists [discussant] (Oxford, Mar 2000)
Discussions
(selection)
- Giordano Mion and Luca Opromolla (2011), "Managers’ Mobility, Trade Status, and Wages"
- Anabela Carneiro, Paulo Guimaraes and Pedro Portugal (2010), "Real Wages
and the Business Cycle: Accounting for Worker, Firm, and Job Heterogeneity",
slides
- Jose Damijan and Crt Kostevc (2007), "Trade liberalisation and economic
geography in transition countries"
- Kristiina Huttunen (2005), "The effect of foreign acquisition on
employment and wages: evidence from Finnish establishments", slides
- Donald Spiegel et al (2005), "Ownership Change, Productivity and Human
Capital: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data in Swedish
Manufacturing", slides
- David Autor and Susan Houseman (2005), "Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve
Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from Random
Assignments", slides
Conferences/Workshops organiser:
Conferences/Workshops attended (selection)
- 2011: Bank of Portugal Labour Economics
conference (Lamego, June 2011);
- 2009: Bank of Portugal Labour Economics
conference (Lisbon, June 2009); COINVEST
conference (Paris, June 2009)
- 2007: GEP conference on Globalisation
and Migration (Nottingham, Oct 2007); UK Stata Users Meeting
(London, Sept 2007); EBRD Unemployment and Labour Markets in
Transition Economics (London, June 2007); Bank of Portugal Conference
on Unemployment (Quinta do Lago, June 2007); Queen Mary Political Economy Workshop
(London, June 2007); CEE Economics of
Education Mini-Conference (London, June 2007)
- 2006: Bank of Portugal "Desenvolvimento
Económico Português no Espaço Europeu" conference (Lisbon, Feb 2006)
- 2005: The Economist Human
Resources Directors European Summit (London, Sept 2005); Policy Studies Institute "Making Linked
Employer-Employee Data Policy-Relevant" (London, Sept 2005); Network of
Industrial Economists/Advanced
Institute of Management Research Workshop (London, July 2005); IZA "The Older
Worker in the Labor Market" Conference (Lisbon, May 2005)
- 2003: Tom Peters' "Reinventing Leadership for the 21st
Century" (Lisbon, Dec 2003); Royal Economic Society Annual
Conference (Coventry, May 2003)
- 2002: Quantitative
methods for the measurement of organisational efficiency: Cemmap Workshop (London, Nov 2002); International Economic Association
Annual Conference (Lisbon, Sept 2002); Royal Economic Society Annual
Conference (Coventry, May 2002); Bank of Portugal "Desenvolvimento
Económico Português no Espaço Europeu: Determinantes e Políticas"
conference (Lisbon, May 2002)
- 2001: Microdata Methods and Practice: Cemmap Innauguration (London, Dec 2001); Explanations for Rising Economic Inequality Cemmap Conference (London, Nov 2001); ISEG Summer School - Labour Markets
(Prof Giuseppe
Bertola) (Lisbon, July 2001); Portuguese Economic Society
(Lisbon, June 2001)
- 2000: Warwick Labour
Economics Summer School (Coventry, July 2000)
- 1998: CEPR conference on Labour Demand and
Exclusion (Lisbon, Nov 1998)
PhD supervision
- Yong Yang; topic: "Internationalization and Firm Performance" (started Jan
2006; defended Nov 2009; first placement: FP7 research fellowship, Brunel
University; current placement: Lecturer, University of Essex Business School)
- Eshref Trushin; topic: "Research and Development" (started Jan 2007;
defended Nov 2010)
PhD examination
- Margarida Rodrigues, Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon), 2011
- Cinzia Rienzo, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2011
- Hanna Pesola, Aalto University (Helsinki), 2011
- Filip Pertold, Charles University (Prague), 2010
- Candida Machado, University of Minho (Braga), 2010
- Miguel Preto, Technical University of Lisbon, 2009
- Marisa Tavares, University of Oporto, 2009
Conference scientific council member
Society's membership
Personal/Other
- Married, one child
- Born December 1974 (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Interests: Cinema, Football (Chelsea
FC; SL Benfica), Tennis, Chess
- Languages: fluent in Portuguese and English; understands Spanish, French
and some Russian
- Software: Stata, LaTeX, Office
- News/blogs: Publico, BBC News, NY Times, Economia das Pessoas
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