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)