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Labour demand research : towards a better match between better theory and better data

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José M. - 2014

At first blush, most advances in labour demand were achieved by the late 1980s. Since then progress might appear to have stalled. We argue to the contrary that significant progress has been made in understanding labour market frictions and imperfections, and in modelling search behaviour and...

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Wages and the risk of displacement

Carneiro, Anabela (contributor); Portugal, Pedro (contributor) - 2006

how wages adjust to unfavorable shocks that raise the risk of displacement through firm closing, and to what extent a wage … to their inability to adjust wages downward. In fact, minimum wage restrictions were seen to increase the failure rates …. -- wages ; displacement risk ; concessions …

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Decomposing the wage losses of displaced workers : the role of the reallocation of workers into firms and job titles

Raposo, Pedro; Portugal, Pedro; Carneiro, Anabela - 2015

wage losses of workers displaced due to firm closure based on the comparison of workers' wages differentials before and …

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The returns to schooling unveiled

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Portugal, Pedro; … - 2018

We bring together the strands of literature on the returns to education, its spillovers, and the role of the employer shaping the wage distribution. The aim is to analyze the labor market returns to education taking into account who the worker is (worker unobserved ability), what he does (the...

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Sources of the Union Wage Gap: Results from High-Dimensional Fixed Effects Regression Models

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2017

We estimate the impact of union density on wages using Portuguese matched employer-employee-contract data, extending … on wages. In turn, job titles reflect the average contract in the collective agreement, while the wage cushion offers …

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Sources of the union wage gap : results from high-dimensional fixed effects regression models

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - 2015

the union wage gap is mainly manifested through a firm fixed effect, suggesting that unions may force firms to reposition …

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Why do firms use fixed-term contracts?

Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José M. - 2009

Temporary forms of employment account for a variable but never trivial share of total employment in both the U.S. and in Europe. In this article we look at how one specific form of temporary employment - employment with fixed-term contracts - fits into employers' hiring policies. We find that...

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The sources of wage variation : a three-way high-dimensional fixed effects regression model

Torres, Sónia; Portugal, Pedro; Addison, John T.; … - 2013

wages is decomposed into different components related to worker, firm, and job title characteristics (both observed and …

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Market power, dismissal threat and rent sharing : the role of insider and outsider forces in wage bargaining

Carneiro, Anabela (contributor); Portugal, Pedro (contributor) - 2006

One of the predictions of the insider-outsider theory is that wages will be higher in sectors (firms) with high labor … power tend to pay higher wages. In particular, we found that the threat of dismissal acts to weaken insiders' bargaining … power and, consequently, to restrain their wage claims. Moreover, the results also showed that real wages in Portugal are …

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Labor market imperfections and the firm's wage setting policy

Félix, Sónia; Portugal, Pedro - 2016

We use matched employer-employee data and firm balance sheet data to investigate the importance of firm productivity and firm labor market power in explaining firm heterogeneity in wage formation. We use a linear regression model with one interacted high dimensional fixed effect to estimate...

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