Employment,
Skills and Technology Intensity (2016-2019). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (PTDC/IIM-ECO/4929/2014).
Job polarization within and across firms: skills, organizational change and innovation (2013-2015). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (PTDC/IIM-ECO/5123/2012).
Innovation and the Global Economy: An investigation of critical challenges for Intellectual Property, Strategy and Policy in IT and beyond (2010-2013). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (CMU-PT/OUT/0042/2009). Co-PI (PI for IST). Joint project with Carnegie Mellon University and Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
COINVEST - Competitiveness, Innovation and Intangible Investment in Europe (2008-2010). Financed by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme (Grant 217512). (Coordinator of the Portuguese team)
Innovation and Productivity in Portuguese firms: modelling, applied evidence, and policy design (2008-2010). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. PTDC/ESC/67665/2006).
The Influence of Higher Education on the Dynamics of Entering and Exiting Entrepreneurship: A Longitudinal Study of Portuguese Business-owners (2008-2010). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. PTDC/ESC/71080/2006).
The Impact of Innovation (2004-2005). Financed by Microsoft Portugal.
Economics of Disability: The case of Portugal and a Cross-National Comparison with other EU Countries (2004-2007). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. POCTI/2002/ECO/48413).
Participation in other Research Projects
University R&D, Technology-Based Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (2008-2010). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. PTDC/ESC/71125/2006).
First-time Diversification and Entrepreneurial Entry over the Product Life-cycle (2008-2010). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. PTDC/GES/71174/2006).
From School to Work: Analysis of Education, Employment, and Wages in Portugal (2000-2004). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Ref. POCTI/1999/ECO/33089).
Economic and financial effects of different models for Social Security financing in Portugal for the next twenty years (1997-1998). Financed by the Ministry of Labor.
Labor Market in Portugal: Employment, Unemployment, and Population (1997-2000). Financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (PRAXIS XXI).
