Rate My Professor Pedro Martins

Pedro Martins is a Full Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, within the Business & Economics faculty, with a main academic specialty in labour economics. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2005, MSc in Economics from the University of York in 1998, Postgraduate degree in European Studies from ISEG in 1997, and BSc in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics in 1997. His academic career encompasses roles at the University of Warwick as Graduate Teaching Assistant (2000-2003), Lecturer in Economics at the University of St Andrews (2003-2004), and progressive positions at Queen Mary University of London from Lecturer (2004-2005) to Senior Lecturer (2005-2007), Reader (2007-2009), and Professor of Applied Economics (2009-2021). Between 2011 and 2013, he served as Secretary of State for Employment in the Portuguese Government, responsible for reforms in employment protection legislation, active labour market policies, the public employment service, and tripartite dialogue. Currently, he is Director of the Economics for Policy Knowledge Center and Scientific Director of related initiatives at Nova SBE.

Martins' research specializations include labour economics and public policy, with academic interests in employment services, worker training, industrial relations, collective bargaining, monopsony power, and wage determination. His key publications feature 'Employee Training and Firm Performance: Evidence from ESF Grant Applications' (Labour Economics, 2021), which received the European Association of Labour Economists prize for the best article in the journal; '30,000 Minimum Wages: The Economic Effects of Collective Bargaining Extensions' (British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021); 'Bias in Returns to Tenure When Firm Wages and Employment Comove: A Quantitative Assessment and Solution' (Journal of Labor Economics, 2018); 'Measuring What Employers Do about Entry Wages over the Business Cycle: A New Approach' (American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2012); and 'Effects of Individual Incentive Reforms in the Public Sector: The Case of Teachers' (Public Choice, 2025). In 2016, he was a member of the expert group advising the Government of Greece and the European Commission on labour market reforms. His contributions extend to editorial roles and policy reports influencing European labour market discussions.