Academic Education

PhD in Economics (2014)

University of Porto – Faculty of Economics

FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) grant

Thesis: "Entrepreneurship dynamics: Entry, survival and firm growth", approved with distinction (Supervisors: Anabela Carneiro and Celeste Amorim Varum)

Prize António Simões Lopes 2014 - Best PhD Thesis in Economics and Management (Prize awarded by Price Water Coopers and Ordem dos Economistas)

Thesis committee: Mirjam van Praag, Francisco Lima, Miguel Portela, José Varejão, António Brandão, Anabela Carneiro

MSc in Economics (Specialization: Economics of the Firm) (2010)

University of Aveiro – Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering

Overall Classification: 19/20

Dissertation: “Performance and survival of foreign and domestic firms during crises” (Supervisors: Celeste Amorim Varum and Hélder Valente da Silva)

BSc in Economics (2008)

University of Aveiro – Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering

Complementary Education

· June 2014

University of Porto - Faculty of Economics (FEP)

Applied Spatial Econometrics

Workshop by Paulo Guimarães (American University of Sharjah and FEP, University of Porto)

· May 2014

IZA – Institute for the Study of Labor

- Entrepreneurship and Human capital

Summer School by Mirjam van Praag (Copenhagen Business School)

- Advances in Modelling Labor Supply

Summer School by Richard Blundell (University College of London)

· June 2013

University of Minho – School of Economics and Management (EEG)

Discrete Choice Models for Cross-Section and Panel Data

Summer School by William Greene (New York University)