Publications
“What lies behind the returns to schooling: the role of labor market sorting and worker heterogeneity" (with Pedro Portugal, Paulo Guimarães, and Ana Rute Cardoso, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01482
“The Value of Private Schools: Evidence from Pakistan” (with Pedro Carneiro and Jishnu Das), Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024; 106 (5):1301-1318. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01237
"Survival of the fittest: tourism exposure and firm survival" (with Filipe B. Caires and Paulo M. M. Rodrigues). Applied Economics, 2023; 55 (60), 7150-7177. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2023.2208858
"Fluctuations in the wage gap between vocational and general secondary education: lessons from Portugal" (with Joop Hartog and Pedro Raposo), Journal Population Economics, 2022, 35, 643-675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00846-1
"Girls' Schooling Choices and Home Production: Evidence from Pakistan”, International Economic Review, 2020, vol. 61(2), pages 783-819, May. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12440
“Please call me John: The First name and assimilation of immigrants in the United States” (with Pedro Carneiro and Simon Lee), Labour Economics 62, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2019.101778
Working Papers
"Human Capital Spillovers and External Returns to Education", 2025, (with Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimarães, and Pedro Portugal, IZA Discussion Papers 17690, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
“Parental Investments and Socio-Economic Gradients in Learning across European Countries" 2024, (with Pedro Carneiro and Alessandro Toppeta), IZA Discussion Papers 16785, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
“Risk heterogeneity in Benefits from Vocational versus General Secondary Education" 2023, (with Joop Hartog and Pedro Raposo), CESifo Working Paper Series 10538.
“Learning Through Repetition? A Dynamic Evaluation of Grade Retention in Portugal”, 2022, (with Emilio Borghesan and Petra Todd), PIER Working Paper 22-030, Penn Institute for Economic Research, University of Pennsylvania.
"Who's got the power? Wage determination and its resilience in the Great Recession", 2022 (with Hugo A. Vilares), CEP Discussion paper 1885, Centre for Economic Performance - London School of Economics and Political Science.
"Which Entrepreneurs are Financially Constrained?", 2019, (with Ferreira, Miguel Almeida and Lopes, Marta and Queiró, Francisco). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3543021 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3543021
“The returns to schooling unveiled”, 2018, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11419 (with Pedro Portugal, Ana Rute Cardoso and Paulo Guimarães).
Work in Progress
“Segregation in multiple dimensions” (with Pedro Carneiro and Alessandro Toppeta)
“How students shape their expectations on future careers” (with Weilong Zhang)
“Evaluating a program supporting educational development in socially segregated and excluded areas in Portugal: Evidence from ETPI” (with Pedro Carneiro)
Other Publications
“Revisiting Returns to Education in Portugal” in Banco de Portugal Economic Studies (2) Volume III, April 2017 (with Maria Manuel Campos).
“Grade retention during basic education in Portugal: determinants and impact on student achievement”, (with M. Pereira), Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin – June 2014
“What accounts for Portuguese regional differences in students’ performance? Evidence from OECD PISA”, (with M. Pereira), Banco de Portugal Economic Bulletin – Winter 2012.
“Business Cycle at a Sectoral Level – The Portuguese case”. Banco de Portugal working paper series (WP. 09-05).
“Sectoral Specialisation in the EU: a macroeconomic perspective”, MPC task force of the ESCB, July 2004, ECB Occasional paper series nº 19.
Book Chapters
“Determinantes da desigualdade no desempenho escolar em países da OCDE”, in A Escola e o desempenho dos alunos, Luís Catela Nunes (ed.), Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Capítulo 1. (only available in Portuguese)