Ana Balcão Reis é Professora Catedrática de Economia na Nova School of Business and Economics e possui doutorado em Economia pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Atualmente, é Vice-Diretora dos programas Pré-Experiência, Diretora Científica do Centro de Investigação para a Economia da Ediucaçao, e foi Presidente do Conselho Pedagógico da Nova SBE entre 2015 e 2023.

A sua área de investigação concentra-se na economia da educação, crescimento econômico e capital humano, com especial interesse em eficácia escolar, desempenho estudantil e políticas educacionais. Seus trabalhos foram publicados em periódicos internacionais de destaque, incluindo Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, European Economic Review e Economics of Education Review.

Na Nova SBE, ministra disciplina de Economia da Educação nos programas de mestrado. Também orienta estudantes de mestrado e doutoramento.

Desde julho de 2024, é membro do Conselho Nacional da Educação, (CNE).

Em 2025, foi nomeada delegada nacional de Portugal no OECD Centre for Educacional Research and Innovation, contribuindo para pesquisas internacionais e inovação em políticas de sistemas educacionais. Além da academia, participa ativamente de debates e iniciativas de pesquisa voltadas para o sistema educacional português. 

2020 - Agregação em Economia, Nova SBE

1999 - Doutoramento em Economia, Nova SBE

Economia. Macroeconomia. Economia da Educação. Determinantes da Realização dos Estudantes, o Impacto das Retenções, Qualidade do Professor 

• Angelo, Catarina, Reis, Ana Balcão (2025). Gender gaps in different assessment systems: The role of teacher gender. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 25 (4), 1051-1076.
• Batista, Catia, Costa, David M., Freitas, Pedro, Lima, Gonçalo, Balcão Reis, Ana (2025). What matters for the decision to study abroad? A lab-in-the-field experiment in Cape Verde. Journal of Development Economics, 173.
• Colaço, Ricardo, Freitas, Pedro, Nunes, Luis Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana (2025). Understanding the private-public school performance gap in PISA: evidence from Portugal. Large-scale Assessments in Education, 13 (1).
• Angelo, Catarina, Balcão Reis, Ana (2021). Gender gaps in different grading systems. Education Economics, 29 (1), 105-119.
• Balcão Reis, Ana (2020). Public funding of higher education: who gains, who loses?. International Journal of Economic Theory, 16 (2), 196-215.
• Câmara Leme, Afonso, Escardíbul, Josep Oriol, Nunes, Luis Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria Carmo (2020). The effect of a specialized versus a general upper-secondary school curriculum on students’ performance and inequality. A difference-in-differences cross-country analysis. Applied Economics, 52 (39), 4317-4331.
• Silva, Pedro Luis, Nunes, Luís Catela, Seabra, Carmo, Balcao Reis, Ana, Alves, Miguel (2020). Student selection and performance in higher education: admission exams vs. high school scores. Education Economics, 28 (5), 437-454.
• Cerdeira, José Miguel, Nunes, Luis Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria Carmo (2018). Predictors of student success in Higher Education: secondary school internal scores versus national exams. Higher Education Quarterly, 72 (4), 304-313.
• Nunes, Luis Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria Carmo (2018). Is retention beneficial to low-achieving students? Evidence from Portugal. Applied Economics, 50 (40), 4306-4317.
• Freitas, Pedro, Nunes, Luís Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria Carmo, Ferro, Adriana (2016). Correcting for sample problems in PISA and the improvement in Portuguese students’ performance. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, 23 (4), 456-472.
• Morgado, António, Sequeira, Tiago Neves, Santos, Marcelo, Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra, Balcão Reis, Ana (2016). Measuring labour mismatch in Europe. Social Indicators Research, 129 (1), 161-179.
• Nunes, Luís Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria Carmo (2015). The publication of school rankings: a step toward increased accountability?. Economics of Education Review, 49, 15-23.
• Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A., Balcão Reis, Ana, Roseta-Palma, Catarina (2009). Technology adoption in nonrenewable resource management. Energy Economics, 31 (2), 235-239.
• Balcão Reis, Ana, Traça, Daniel (2008). Spillovers and the competitive pressure for long-run innovation. European Economic Review, 52 (4), 589-610.
• Balcão Reis, Ana, Sequeira, Tiago Neves (2007). Human capital and overinvestment in R&D. Scandinavian Journal Of Economics, 109 (3), 573-591.
• Cunha-e-Sá, Maria A., Balcão Reis, Ana (2007). The optimal timing of adoption of a green technology. Environmental & Resource Economics, 36 (1), 35-55.
• Balcão Reis, Ana (2006). Welfare, taxes and foreign investment. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30 (6), 1045-1061.
• Sequeira, Tiago Neves, Balcão Reis, Ana (2006). Human capital composition, R&D and the increasing role of services. Topics in Macroeconomics, 6 (1).
• Balcão Reis, Ana (2001). Endogenous growth and the possibility of eliminating pollution. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 42 (3), 360-373.
• Balcão Reis, Ana (2001). On the welfare effects of foreign investment. Journal Of International Economics, 54 (2), 411-427.

• Henriques, Rafaela, Nunes, Luís Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria do Carmo (2018). Vocational education: coursetaking choice and impact on dropout and college enrollment rates. Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación. Asociación de Economia de la Educación (AEDE), Vol. 13, 2. 37-56.
• Madeira, Miguel, Nunes, Luís Catela, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria do Carmo (2018). Does the age of entry in primary school affect student’s achievement?. Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación. Escardíbul, Josep-Oriol, Choi, Álvaro (Eds.), Asociación de Economia de la Educación (AEDE), Vol. 13, 7. 133-150.
• Nunes, Luís Catela, Oliveira, João, Balcão Reis, Ana, Seabra, Maria do Carmo (2018). Effectiveness of state funded private schools versus public schools: a comparative analysis in Portugal. Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación. Escardíbul, Josep-Oriol, Choi, Álvaro (Eds.), Asociación de Economia de la Educación (AEDE), Vol. 13, 8. 151-178.

• Batista, Catia, Costa, David M., Freitas, Pedro, Lima, Gonçalo, Balcão Reis, Ana (ago 2024), 37 p., (Nova School of Business & Economics, n. 660), What matters for the decision to study Aabroad? A lab-in-the-field experiment in Cape Verde.