The aim of this chapter is to provide a basis for a possible course in the analysis of the unemployment rates and poverty, as well as to point to the ways to solve these long-term problems by applying different strategic measures. The main intention of the author is to explain and show a...

During the 1980’s, Portugal experienced a decrease in income inequality but this decrease was not uniform across the income distribution and, in recent years, income inequality seems to be following the opposite path. From around the year 2000, the Portuguese economy has become almost...

Private banking is related to the individual wealth growth, although the financial crisis has slowed down the growth of GDP in many countries, we cannot ignore the fact that private banking has realized a significant income in the period of financial crises. The globalization process, mergers...

The persistence of relative low aggregate income and productivity levels and performance in Portugal might be linked to the strong weight of services, and especially traditional stagnant personal services, which have fewer opportunities for enhancing its productivity. The so-called modern...