In the years before the economic crisis, Portugal had low growth, a decline in export competitiveness and rising … performance is therefore one of the principal challenges for Portugal. A successful rebalancing of the economy is underway since … Portugal started an ambitious structural reform programme in 2011, but more needs to be done to build on the recent export …

Portugal has one of the most unequal income distributions in Europe and poverty levels are high. The economic crisis …

variables in Portugal. The analysis is based on a census of Portuguese manufacturing companies, covering more than 40,000 firms …