Priscila Ferreira is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Minho. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Essex (ISER), UK, in 2009; and her research interests are in the field of labour economics, in particular, and applied microeconomics and microeconometrics, in general. She is currently member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Population Economics and research affiliate at the Centre for Research in Economics and Management.
In the past, she was director of the Applied Microeconomics Research Unit (UoMinho) and Deputy Director of the Department of Economics (UoMinho).
In 2018 she was awarded the Prize "Competition in Markets" by the Portuguese Ministry of Economics and Associação Mutualista Montepio.
Labour economics
Applied microeconomics
Applied microeconometrics
Selected publications
Cooke, D., Fernandes, A. P., & Ferreira, P. (2019). Product market competition and gender discrimination. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 157, 496–522. DOI
Ferreira, P., Fernandes, A. P., & Winters, L. A. (2018). The effect of competition on executive compensation and incentives: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. Journal of Human Resources, 53(3), 783–824. DOI
Fernandes, A. P., & Ferreira, P. (2017). Financing constraints and fixed-term employment: Evidence from the 2008-9 financial crisis. European Economic Review, 92, 215–238. DOI
Fernandes, A. P., Ferreira, P., & Winters, L. A. (2014). Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill. European Economic Review, 70, 210–230. DOI
Ferreira, P., & Taylor, M. P. (2011). Measuring match quality using subjective data. Economics Letters, 113(3), 304–306. DOI
Other publications
Cooke, D., Fernandes, A. P., & Ferreira, P. (2019). Product market competition and gender discrimination. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 157, 496–522. DOI
Ferreira, P. (2019). Market Competition and Executive Pay. IZA World of Labor, 115(v2). DOI
Ferreira, P., Fernandes, A. P., & Winters, L. A. (2018). The effect of competition on executive compensation and incentives: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment. Journal of Human Resources, 53(3), 783–824. DOI
Fernandes, A. P., & Ferreira, P. (2017). Financing constraints and fixed-term employment: Evidence from the 2008-9 financial crisis. European Economic Review, 92, 215–238. DOI
Ferreira, P., & Saridakis, G. (2017). Firm Shutdown During the Financial and the Sovereign Debt Crises: Empirical Evidence from Portugal. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 24(2), 153–179 . DOI
Ferreira, P. (2016). Employment, turnover and career progress. In G. Saridakis & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Research Handbook on Employee Turnover (1st ed., pp. 274–304). Cheltenham, U.K: Edward Elgar. DOI
Ferreira, P. (2015). Market competition and executive pay. IZA World of Labor, Janeiro(115), 1–10. DOI
Fernandes, A. P., Ferreira, P., & Winters, L. A. (2014). Firm entry deregulation, competition and returns to education and skill. European Economic Review, 70, 210–230. DOI
Ferreira, P., & Taylor, M. P. (2011). Measuring match quality using subjective data. Economics Letters, 113(3), 304–306. DOI
Cardoso, A. R., & Ferreira, P. (2009). The dynamics of job creation and destruction for university graduates: Why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading. Applied Economics, 41(19), 2513–2521. DOI
Ferreira, P., & Taylor, M. P. (2008). Residential mobility, mobility preferences and psychological health . In M. Brynin & J. Ermisch (Eds.), Changing Relationships (pp. 161–179). Routledge. DOI
Ferreira, P. (2007). Promoção no interior das empresas em Portugal: quais os postos de trabalho com maior propensão para a promoção? In A. O. das Neves (Ed.), Quadros de Pessoal e Investigação em Economia (Vol. IX, pp. 93–102). Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social, Gabinete de Estratégia e Planeamento (MTSS/GEP). DOI
Cardoso, A. R., Sousa, R., Castro, V., & Ferreira, P. (2000). Perfil do trabalhador e da empresa de baixos salários em Portugal. Economia, 24(Jan.-Maio-Out.), 53–66. DOI
Calculus for Economics and Management
Bachelor
Labour Economics
Doctorate
International Banking Instruments
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Project and Transferable Skills
Master's
Topics in Economic Analysis
Master's
Topics in Financial Economics
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