Carla Sá é professora auxiliar do Departamento de Economia da UM e investigadora no NIPE (Núcleo de INvestigação em Políticas Económicas) e no CIPES (Centro de Investigação em Políticas do Ensino Superior). Doutorou-se em Economia no Tinbergen Institute/Vrij Universiteit Amsterdam, na Holanda. Os seus interesses de investigação situam-se na interseção da Economia da Educação e da Economia Espacial, nomeadamente no processo de decisão dos estudantes. Tem artigos publicados em revistas internacionais como Regional Studies, Spatial Economics Analysis, CESifo Economic Studies, Higher Education, Studies in Higher Educationa e European Journal of Education. Tem feito parte de equipas de investigação de projetos financiados pela FCT, A3ES (Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior) e FFMS (Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos). Tem ainda desenvolvido trabalhos de consultadoria para organizações como o Ministério do Trabalho e o ILO (Organização Internacional do Trabalho).
Economia da Educação
Economia do Trabalho
Econometria Aplicada
Publicações selecionadas
Ngoy, E., Sá, C., & Veiga, P. (2024). Exploring socioeconomic-related inequality in children’s cognitive achievement in Peru. Journal of Economic Inequality, 22(3), 809–832. DOI
Lourenço, D., Sá, C., Tavares, O., & Cardoso, S. (2020). Enrolling in Higher Education: the impact of regional mobility and public-private substitution effects. Journal of Economic Issues, 54(1), 183–197. DOI
Sá, C., Florax, R. J. G. M., & Rietveld, P. (2012). Living Arrangement and University Choice of Dutch Prospective Students. Regional Studies, 46(5), 651–667. DOI
Portela, M. A., Areal, N. M. P. C., Sá, C., Alexandre, F., Cerejeira, J., Carvalho, A., & Rodrigues, A. (2008). Evaluating student allocation in the Portuguese public higher education system. Higher Education, 56(2), 185–203. DOI
Sá, C., Florax, R. J. G. M., & Rietveld, P. (2004). Determinants of the regional demand for higher education in the Netherlands: A gravity model approach. Regional Studies, 38(4), 375–392. DOI
Outras publicações
Ngoy, E., Sá, C., & Veiga, P. (2024). Exploring socioeconomic-related inequality in children’s cognitive achievement in Peru. Journal of Economic Inequality, 22(3), 809–832. DOI
Pelegrini, T., Sá, C., & França, M. T. A. (2023). Factors associated with the mobility of college students in Brazil: an analysis using a gravity model. Higher Education, 85(1), 203–223. DOI
Tavares, O., Sin, C., Carla, S., Pereira, F., & Amaral, A. (2023). Graduate employment: Does the type of higher education institution matter? Bulletin of Economic Research, 75(4), 1140–1156. DOI
Lourenço, D., & Sá, C. (2022). Estimating the effect of distance on the migration of higher education candidates. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 22(4), 739–761 . DOI
Sá, C., Tavares, O., & Sin, C. (2022). Who is left out? Inequalities in higher education admissions and placements in Portugal. In O. Tavares, C. Sá, C. Sin, & A. Amaral (Eds.), Equity Policies in Global Higher Education (pp. 171–193). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI
Tavares, O., Sin, C., & Sá, C. (2022). Conclusion: Learning from the Past to Shape Future Policies Towards Equity in Higher Education. In O. Tavares, C. Sá, C. Sin, & A. Amaral (Eds.), Equity Policies in Global Higher Education (pp. 221–238). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI
Tavares, O., Sin, C., Carla, S., Bugla, S., & Amaral, A. (2022). Inbreeding and research collaborations in Portuguese higher education. Higher Education Quarterly, 76(1), 102–115. DOI
Teixeira, P. N., Silva, P. L., Biscaia, R., & Carla, S. (2022). Competition and diversification in higher education: Analysing impacts on access and equity in the case of Portugal. European Journal of Education, 57(2), 235–254. DOI
Biscaia, R., Sá, C., & Teixeira, P. N. (2021). The (In)effectiveness of regulatory policies in higher education—The case of access policy in Portugal. Economic Analysis and Policy, 72, 176–185. DOI
Teixeira, P., Sá, C., Cerejeira, J., Figueiredo, H., & Portela, M. (2021). Mass Higher Education and its Civic Impacts in Portugal and Spain. Journal of Education Finance, 46(4), 496–518. DOI
Valente, M., Sá, C., Soares, N., & Sousa, S. (2021). Exploring the consistency of ethical perceptions by business and economics higher education students: Looking from academia towards the corporate world. International Journal of Management Education, 19(2), 100499. DOI
Lourenço, D., Sá, C., Tavares, O., & Cardoso, S. (2020). Enrolling in Higher Education: the impact of regional mobility and public-private substitution effects. Journal of Economic Issues, 54(1), 183–197. DOI
Pinto, L. M. C., Sá, C., Soares, N., Sousa, S., & Valente, M. (2020). The case for academic hazing as a rational choice: An economic approach. Economic Analysis and Policy, 66, 51–62. DOI
Lourenço, D., & Sá, C. (2019). Spatial competition for students: what does (not) matter? Annals of Regional Science, 63(1), 147–162. DOI
Sá, C. (2019). Economic determinants of higher education demand. In P. Teixeira & J. Shin (Eds.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer. DOI
Sá, C., & Tavares, O. (2018). How student choice consistency affects the success of applications in Portuguese higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 43(12), 2148–2160. DOI
Figueiredo, H., Portela, M., Sá, C., Cerejeira, J., Almeida, A., & Lourenço, D. (2017). Benefícios do Ensino Superior. Lisbon, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. DOI
Bontje, M., Musterd, S., & Rouwendal, J. (2016). Housing and location preferences of higher educated workers in the Netherlands: An introduction. In S. Musterd, M. Bontje, & J. Rouwendal (Eds.), Skills and Cities (pp. 59–62). New York, USA: Routledge. DOI
Fonseca, M., Dias, D., Sá, C., & Amaral, A. (2014). Waves of (dis)satisfaction: Effects of the numerus clausus system in Portugal. European Journal of Education, 49(1), 144–158. DOI
Teixeira, P., Cerejeira, J., Simões, M., Sá, C., & Portela, M. (2014). Educação, Economia e Capital Humano – Notas Sobre um Paradoxo. In F. Alexandre, P. Bação, P. Lains, M. M. F. Martins, M. Portela, & M. Simões (Eds.), A Economia Portuguesa na União Europeia: 1986 – 2010 (pp. 329–355). Coimbra: Actual Editora. DOI
Sá, C., Dias, D., & Tavares, O. (2013). Tendências recentes no ensino superior potuguês. Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior. DOI
Sá, C., Florax, R. J. G. M., & Rietveld, P. (2012). Living Arrangement and University Choice of Dutch Prospective Students. Regional Studies, 46(5), 651–667. DOI
Sá, C., Tavares, D. A., Justino, E., & Amaral, A. (2011). Higher education (related) choices in Portugal: Joint decisions on institution type and leaving home. Studies in Higher Education, 36(6), 689–703. DOI
Alexandre, F., Portela, M., & Sá, C. (2009). Admission conditions and graduates' employability. Studies in Higher Education, 34(7), 795–805. DOI
Cerejeira, J., Portela, M., Sá, C., & Alexandre, F. (2009). Os fluxos e as remunerações de sub- e sobre-escolarizados em Portugal no período 1995-2005 (Vol. 23). Lisboa: Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP). DOI
Pereira, O. P., Sá, C., Portela, M., & Pinto, E. (2009). Transição dos Licenciados para o Mercado de Trabalho. In J. M. Roig-Cotanda & L. E. Vila-Lladosa (Eds.), Investigaciones de Economía de La Educación (pp. 459–467). Asociación de la Economía de la Educación - AEDE. DOI
Portela, M., Sá, C., Alexandre, F., & Cardoso, A. R. (2009). Perceptions of the Bologna process: What do students' choices reveal? Higher Education, 58(4), 465–474. DOI
Teixeira, P., Fonseca, M., Amado, D., Sá, C., & Amaral, A. (2009). A Regional Mismatch? Student Applications and Institutional Responses in the Portuguese Public Higher Education System. In K. Mohrman, J. Shi, S. E. Feinblatt, & K. W. Chow (Eds.), Public Universities and Regional Development (pp. 59–80). Sichuan Uninversity Press. DOI
Cardoso, A. R., Sá, C., Portela, M., & Alexandre, F. (2008). Demand for higher education programs: the impact of the Bologna process. CESifo Economic Studies, 54(2), 229–247. DOI
Portela, M. A., Areal, N. M. P. C., Sá, C., Alexandre, F., Cerejeira, J., Carvalho, A., & Rodrigues, A. (2008). Evaluating student allocation in the Portuguese public higher education system. Higher Education, 56(2), 185–203. DOI
Cerejeira, J., Sá, C., & Portela, M. (2007). Nota Introdutória. In M. do T. e da S. S. (M. T. S. S. Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (GEP) (Ed.), Quadros de Pessoal e Investigação em Economia (Vol. 9, pp. 3–6). Lisboa: Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP). DOI
Sá, C., Dismuke, C. E., & Guimarães, P. P. (2007). Survival analysis and competing risk models of hospital length of stay and discharge destination: The effect of distributional assumptions. Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 7(3-4), 109–124. DOI
Sá, C., Florax, R. J. G. M., & Rietveld, P. (2006). Does accessibility to higher education matter? Choice behaviour of high school graduates in the Netherlands | L'accessibilité à l'enseignement supérieur importe-t-elle? Comportement du choix des diplômés de l'enseignement secondaire au pays-bas. Spatial Economic Analysis, 1(2), 155–174. DOI
Sá, C., Florax, R. J. G. M., & Rietveld, P. (2004). Determinants of the regional demand for higher education in the Netherlands: A gravity model approach. Regional Studies, 38(4), 375–392. DOI
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