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Sonia Cecilia Pereira, Ph.D.


Department of Business and Economics
Economics

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University College of London, 2003
  • M.Sc. in Economics, University College of London, 1996
  • Licenciatura in Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1994

Practice Areas

My research lies in labor economics and applied microeconomics, focusing on minimum wages, wage growth, job mobility, labor market polarization, and productivity. I am currently developing a research project on the impact of tourist accommodations on housing markets.

Publications and Media Placements

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

"Understanding productivity dynamics: A task taxonomy approach," Joint work with Tiago Fonseca and Francisco Lima, Research Policy, 2018 (Feb.), Vol. 47, issue 1, Pages 289-304.

"Job polarization, technological change and routinization: Evidence for Portugal," Joint work with Tiago Fonseca and Francisco Lima, Labour economics, 2018 (April), Vol. 51, pages 317-339.

"Wage Growth And Job Mobility In The U.K. And Germany," Joint work with Christian Dustmann, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, vol. 61, issue 3, pages 374-393.

"Does Inward Foreign Direct Investment Boost the Productivity of Domestic Firms?", joint work with Jonathan Haskel and Mathew Slaughter, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, vol. 89, issue 3, pages 482-496.

"The Impact of Minimum Wages on Youth Employment in Portugal", European Economic Review, 2003, vol. 47, issue 2, pages 229-244.

Other Publications

The impact of classroom-based physical activity in New Haven elementary public schools, 2007, Joint Work with Sue Peters, (Report to New Haven Public Schools).

"Collective bargaining, wages and productivity in the New Earnings Survey. A description of the incidence of collective agreements in the UK wage setting using the years 1998 through 2001 of the New earnings Survey", Economic Trends, November 2004, no 612, pp 35-40.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/economic_trends/ET612Pereira.pdf 

"The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on British Firms, Final Report to the Low Pay Commission on the Econometric Evidence from the Annual Respondents Database", 2004, joint work with Fernando Galindo Rueda.

Honors and Awards

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal), Competitive Research Grants, 2013-2022.

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal), Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003-2004.

Economic and Social Research Council, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2003.

Royal Economic Society Junior Fellowship Award, 2000-2001.

Young Economist Award, European Economic Association Congress, 1999.

Best Paper Award and Young Scholars Award, International Institute of Public Finance Congress, 1999.