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A comparative study of the Portuguese and Spanish labour markets
Bover, Olympia - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000995593
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Labour market outliers : lessons from Portugal and Spain
Bover, Olympia; García Perea, Pilar; Portugal, Pedro - In: Economic policy : a European forum (2000), pp. 379-412
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001526047
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Labor Market Outliers : Lessons from Portugal and Spain
Bover, Olympia; Garcia-Perea, Pilar; Portugal, Pedro - 2001
Spain has the highest unemployment rate (22.2%) of any European Union country, Portugal one of the lowest (7 … and wage distributions, using micro data. We find differences in unemployment benefits (non-existent in Portugal until … agreements are set at a lower relative level in Portugal), and, in practice, higher firing costs in Spain. A key explanation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014143530
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Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Wake of the Great Recession
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Vilares, Hugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper provides the first definitive estimates of union density in Portugal, 2010-2012, using a unique dataset. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214034
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Price and wage formation in Portugal
Robalo Marques, Carlos; Martins, Fernando; Portugal, Pedro - 2010
and macro data. As regards firms' pricing behaviour the most noticeable finding is that prices in Portugal are somewhat …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605271
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Bargained Wages, Wage Drift and the Design of the Wage Setting System
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Portugal, Pedro - 2003
This paper aims at answering the question: How does a typically 'European' bargaining system - with collective bargaining, extension mechanisms and national minimum wage - coexist with low unemployment rate and high wage flexibility? A unique data set on workers, firms and collective bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261623
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Six ways to leave unemployment
Portugal, Pedro; Addison, John T. - 2003
This paper uses a unique Portuguese data set to examine the effect of unemployment benefit receipt and maximum duration of benefits on escape rates from unemployment. The focus is on the time profile of transitions out of unemployment. The novel aspect of the study resides in its identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261650
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Job Search Methods and Outcomes
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro - 2001
Using Portuguese data, this paper investigates the effects of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and of job-finding methods on earnings. The effectiveness of the job search process is also evaluated in terms of the periodicity of the resulting job match. Emphasis is accorded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262557
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Unemployment Duration: Competing and Defective Risks
Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro - 2001
This paper examines the determinants of unemployment duration in a competing risks framework with two destination states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a polynomial hazard function to test for the presence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262558
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Disentangling the Minimum Wage Puzzle: An Analysis of Worker Accessions and Separations
Portugal, Pedro; Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2002
Changes in the legislation in the mid-80s in Portugal provide remarkably good conditions for analysis of the employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262701