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The impact of class absenteeism on undergraduates’ academic performance: evidence from an elite Economics school in Portugal
Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated to attendance and academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842595
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Human capital, trade and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960-2001
Teixeira, Aurora A.C.; Fortuna, Natércia - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006
technological innovation, and to adopt and to implement efficiently technology from abroad. However, the role of human capital as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059453
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The level of human capital in innovative firms located in China. Is foreign capital relevant?
Shu, Li; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2010
between FDI, Human Capital and Innovation at a corporate level. Based on a set of large and innovative firms (national and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008725676
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Local sustainable mobility management. Are Portuguese municipalities aware?
Monteiro, Catarina Aroso; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006
yet to be dealt with appropriately and in a credible way. This shortcoming is particularly acute in Portugal where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059490
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Is Human Capital a Significant Determinant of Portugal’s FDI Attractiveness?
Tavares, Ana Teresa; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006
-scale survey of firms located in Portugal, and controlling for firms’ structural (i.e. size, age and industry), strategic (R&D and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031564
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Human capital and corruption: a microeconomic model of the bribes market with democratic contestability
Vieira, Pedro Cosme Costa; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006
To overcome market failures society creates common laws that stimulate or penalize individual actions, the enforcement of which depends on the actions of public authorities who may be susceptible to corruption. Thus, a new market emerges where ‘influences’ are traded. Legislators have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005031583
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Economic growth, human capital and structural change: an empirical analysis
Queirós, Anabela; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014
growth. It is also shown that the interaction between human capital and structural change towards high knowledge … period of analysis. Specifically, in the long term and in developed countries, where knowledge-intensive industries already … specialization in high-tech and knowledge-intensive activities emerged as negative. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071605
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Estimating the human capital stock for Cape Verde, 1950-2012
Moreira, Silves J.C.; Vieira, Pedro Cosme; Teixeira, … - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014
Despite the importance of human capital stock to the economic growth of countries, its analysis has been restricted to more developed countries or to cross-country samples from a set of countries. Due to a lack of estimates for this variable in less developed countries, it has not been possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071607
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Methodological approaches for measuring the creative employment: a critical appraisal with an application to Portugal
Cruz, Sara Santos; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2012
combined industry and occupation-based approach for estimating the scale of creative employment in Portugal. Using micro data … Portugal amounts to 6.9% of total employment (i.e., 215525 workers), with the most important creative sectors being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542068
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Empreendedorismo político local em Portugal. Uma análise exploratória
Silva, Carina; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2011
O artigo identifica as actividades empreendedoras e os municípios empreendedores em Portugal. Cerca de metade dos …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291605