João Manuel Rodrigues Pereira

Associate Professor with Habilitation, University of Évora and Cefage-UE

Education

• Agregação (Universidade de Évora, 2020);

• Ph.D. in Economics (U. Évora, 2003);

• M.Sc. in Monetary and Financial Economics (ISEG/UTL, 1997);

• B.A. in Economics (U. Évora, 1993).

Research interests

• Labour Economics

Personal web pages: 

ORCID; Web of Science;  SCOPUS; Google Scholar; IDEAS; 

e-mail: jpereira@uevora.pt

MEDIA, BLOGS

Portuguese Economy Research Report

ECO News:  

•  Unemployment Benefit and Immigration in Portugal, 02/09/2022. 

• Minimum Wage, Inequality and Incentives to Work , 25/03/2022. 

Published and Forthcoming Papers

• Pereira, J., R.  Ramos , P.  Martins (2025), "Wage cyclicality and labour market institutions", Industrial Relations, 64(4), 598-615 (ABS: 4)

• Pereira, J. (2021), "Did wage inequality increase in Portugal? yes, and for good reasons", Applied Economics Letters,  28(12), 973-977 (ABS: 1)

• Pereira, J., A. Galego (2019), "Diverging trends of wage inequality in Europe", Oxford Economic Papers, 71(4), 799-823 (ABS: 3) 

• Pereira, J., A. Galego (2018), "Inter-country wage differences in the European Union", International Labour Review, 157(1), 101-128 (ABS: 2) 

•  Pereira, J., A. Galego (2015), "Intra-Regional wage Inequality in Portugal", Spatial Economic Analysis, 10(1), 79-101 (ABS: 2) 

• Galego, A., J. Pereira (2014), "Decomposition of Regional Wage Differences Along the Wage Distribution in Portugal: the Importance of Covariates", Environment and Planning A, 46(10), 2514-2532 (ABS: 3)

• Pereira, J., A. Galego (2014), "Inter-regional wage differentials in Portugal: an analysis across the wage distribution", Regional Studies, 48(9), 1529-1546 (ABS: 4)

• Pereira, J., A. Galego (2011), "Regional wage differentials in Portugal: static and dynamic approaches", Papers in Regional Science, 90(3), 529-548 (ABS: 3)

• Galego, A., J. Pereira (2010), "Evidence on gender wage discrimination in Portugal: parametric and semi-parametric approaches", Review of Income and Wealth, 56(4), 651-666 (ABS:3)

•  Pereira, J. (2007), "Mobilidade geográfica e distância da deslocação em Portugal", Notas Económicas, 25, 42-58.

•  Pereira, J. (1998), "Histerese na taxa de desemprego em Portugal", Estudos de Economia, 18(3), 329-350.

• Caetano, J., J. Pereira (1998), "Algumas notas a propósito dos choques assimétricos na União Europeia", Economia e Sociologia, 65, 111-126.

• Caetano, J., J. Pereira (1998), "A teoria das zonas monetárias óptimas revisitada:algumas notas a propósito dos choques assimétricos na União Europeia", Notas Económicas, 10, 283-290.

Working Papers

• “Wage Cyclicality and Labour Market Institutions”, with R. Ramos and P. Martins (IZA DP 16787), 2024; Nova SBE Working Paper Series No. 662

Teaching (In Portuguese)

Economia Política (Licenciatura em Relações Internacionais);

Princípios de Macroeconomia (Licenciatura em Gestão);

Economia do Trabalho (Mestrado em Economia).

Contacts

Universidade de Évora, Departamento de Economia, Largo dos Colegiais 2 - 7000-803 Évora - Portugal

Phone: +351 266740894 - Fax: +351 266740807 ; e-mail: joao.manuel.rodrigues.pereira@gmail.com