Carmo Seabra desenvolveu a sua investigação na área de política microeconómica, particularmente em regulamentação económica. Nos últimos anos, focou a o seu trabalho de investigação na área da economia na educação. Foi também membro do quadro da Anacom e do Ministro da Educação do XVI Governo Constitucional. Carmo Seabra ocupou várias posições tanto na faculdade como na Universidade. Atualmente é membro do Conselho de Faculdade e do Conselho de Ética da Universidade. 

1997 - "Agregação" - Universidade Nova de Lisboa

1987 - Doutoramento em Economia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa

1977 - Licenciatura em Economia - Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Economia. Microeconomia. Economia da Educação. 

• 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.
• 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.
• Barros, Pedro P., Seabra, Maria Carmo (1999). Universal service: does competition help or hurt?. Information Economics and Policy, 11 (1), 45-60.
• Pereira, Pedro Telhado, Seabra, Maria Carmo (1993). Identifying vulnerable industries and regions: The proposed European Single Market and Portuguese manufacturing. International Regional Science Review, 16 (3), 249-264.
• Seabra, Maria Carmo (1993). Natural monopoly in Portuguese telecommunications. Applied Economics, 25 (4), 489-494.

• 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.
• Nunes, Luís Catela, Seabra, Maria do Carmo (2018). The impact of teachers qualification on students' achievement: evidence from Portuguese schools. Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación. Asociación de Economia de la Educación (AEDE), Vol. 13, 9. 179-198.