Professor Catedrático da Nova School of Business and Economics. Diretor do Economics for Policy Knowledge Center. Doutoramento em Economia pela Universidade de Warwick (2005). Docente e professor na Queen Mary University of London (2004-21). Secretário de Estado do Emprego do Governo de Portugal (2011-13): responsável pelas reformas da legislação de proteção do emprego, das políticas activas do mercado de trabalho, do serviço público de emprego e do diálogo tripartido. Membro do grupo de peritos que aconselha o Governo da Grécia e a Comissão Europeia sobre as reformas do mercado de trabalho (2016). Investigação atual: negociação colectiva, formação e serviços de emprego.

Director Científico do Knowledge Center Economics for Policy, Nova SBE (https://economicsforpolicy.novasbe.pt/) e Co-Director, Liderança Executiva na Administração Pública.

2005 - Doutoramento em Economia - Warwick

1998 - Mestrado em Economia - York

1997 - MBA em Estudos Europeus - ISEG

1997 - Licenciatura em Economia - NovaSBE

Economia do trabalho e política pública, incluindo serviços de emprego, formação e relações laborais

• Dai, Li, Martins, Pedro S. (2024). Does vocational education pay off in China? Evidence from city-level education supply shocks. Economic Modelling, 140.
• Lopes, João, Martins, Pedro Silva, Oliveira, Célia, Ferreira, João, Oliveira, João , Crato, Nuno (2024). From A to Z: Effects of a 2nd-grade reading intervention program for struggling readers. Revista de Psicodidáctica, 29 (1), 57-68.
• Martins, Pedro S., Melo, António (2024). Making their own weather? Estimating employer labour-market power and its wage effects. Journal of Urban Economics, 139.
• Duan, Wenjing, Martins, Pedro Silva (2022). Rent sharing in China: Magnitude, heterogeneity and drivers. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 60 (1), 176-219.
• Matute, Marta Martínez, Martins, Pedro S. (2022). How representative are social partners in Europe? The role of dissimilarity. Labour, 36 (4), 424-444.
• Cabral, Sónia, Martins, Pedro S., Pereira dos Santos, João, Tavares, Mariana (2021). Collateral damage? Labour market effects of competing with China—at home and abroad. Economica, 88 (350), 570-600.
• Cui, Ying, Martins, Pedro Silva (2021). What drives social returns to education? A meta-analysis. World Development, 148.
• Gonçalves, Judite, Martins, Pedro S. (2021). Effects of self-employment on hospitalizations: instrumental variables analysis of social security data. Small Business Economics, 57 (3), 1527–1543.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2021). 30,000 minimum wages: The economic effects of collective bargaining extensions. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59 (2), 335-369.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2021). Do entry wages increase when severance pay drops? Not in recessions. Economics Letters, 201.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2021). Employee training and firm performance: evidence from ESF grant applications. Labour Economics, 72.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2021). Should the maximum duration of fixed-term contracts increase in recessions? Evidence from a law reform. International Review Of Law And Economics, 68.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2021). Working to get fired? Unemployment benefits and employment duration. Journal of Policy Modeling, 43 (5), 1016-1030.
• Hijzen, Alexander, Martins, Pedro S. (2020). No extension without representation? Evidence from a natural experiment in collective bargaining. IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 9 (1).
• Martins, Pedro S., Saraiva, Joana (2020). Assessing the legal value added of collective bargaining agreements. International Review Of Law And Economics, 62.
• Hijzen, Alexander, Martins, Pedro Silva, Parlevliet, Jante (2019). Frontal assault versus incremental change: a comparison of collective bargaining in Portugal and the Netherlands. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 9 (1).
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2019). The microeconomic impacts of employee representatives: Evidence from membership thresholds. Industrial Relations, 58 (4), 591-622.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Piracha, Matloob, Varejão, José (2018). Do immigrants displace native workers? Evidence from matched panel data. Economic Modelling, 72, 216-222.
• Snell, Andy, Martins, Pedro Silva, Stüber, Heiko, Thomas, Jonathan P. (2018). Bias in returns to tenure when firm wages and employment comove: A quantitative assessment and solution. Journal Of Labor Economics, 36 (1), 47-74.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Yang, Yong (2015). Globalized labour markets? International rent sharing across 47 countries. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53 (4), 664-691.
• Hijzen, Alexander, Martins, Pedro Silva, Schank, Thorsten, Upward, Richard (2013). Foreign-owned firms around the world: a comparative analysis of wages and employment at the micro-level. European Economic Review, 60, 170-188.
• Yang, Yong, Martins, Pedro Silva, Driffield, Nigel (2013). Multinational performance and the geography of FDI: evidence from 46 countries. Management International Review, 53 (6), 763-794.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Solon, Gary, Thomas, Jonathan P. (2012). Measuring what employers do about entry wages over the business cycle: a new approach. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 4 (4), 36-55.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2011). Paying more to hire the best? Foreign firms, wages, and worker mobility. Economic Inquiry, 49 (2), 349-363.
• Esteves, Luiz A., Martins, Pedro Silva (2010). Nacionalidade das empresas e fluxo de empregos: evidências da indústria brasileira de transformação. Estudos Economicos, 40 (1), 133-152.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Snell, Andy, Thomas, Jonathan P. (2010). Downward wage rigidity in a model of equal treatment contracting. Scandinavian Journal Of Economics, 112 (4), 841-863.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Jin, Jim Y. (2010). Firm-level social returns to education. Journal of Population Economics, 23 (2), 539-558.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2009). Dismissals for cause: the difference that just eight paragraphs can make. Journal Of Labor Economics, 27 (2), 257-279.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2009). Rent sharing before and after the wage bill. Applied Economics, 41 (17), 2133-2151.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Yang, Yong (2009). The impact of exporting on firm productivity: a meta-analysis of the learning-by-exporting hypothesis. Review of World Economics, 145 (3), 431-445.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2008). Dispersion in wage premiums and firm performance. Economics Letters, 101 (1), 63-65.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2008). Worker churning and firms' wage policies. International Journal of Manpower, 29 (1), 48-63.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2007). Heterogeneity in real wage cyclicality. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 54 (5), 684-698.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2007). Rent sharing and wages. Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, 46 (2-3), 23-31.
• Martins, Pedro Silva, Lima, Francisco (2006). External recruitments and firm performance. Applied Economics Letters, 13 (14), 911-915.
• Martins, Pedro (2005). The inter-industry wage structure of U.S. multinationals. Economics Bulletin, 10 (1).
• Martins, Pedro, Snell, Andy, Thomas, Jonathan P. (2005). Wage dynamics, cohort effects, and limited commitment models. Journal Of The European Economic Association, 3 (2-3), 350-359.
• Martins, Pedro S., Pereira, Pedro T. (2004). Does education reduce wage inequality? Quantile regression evidence from 16 countries. Labour Economics, 11 (3), 355-371.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2004). Industry wage premia: Evidence from the wage distribution. Economics Letters, 83 (2), 157-163.
• Pereira, Pedro Telhado, Martins, Pedro Silva (2004). Returns to education and wage equations. Applied Economics, 36 (6), 525-531.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2003). Firm wage differentials in a competitive industry: Some matched-panel evidence. International Journal of Manpower, 24 (4), 336-346+490.
• Pereira, Pedro Telhado, Silva Martins, Pedro (2002). Is there a return-risk link in education?. Economics Letters, 75 (1), 31-37.

• Ribeiro, Cláudia, Neto, Luísa, Martins, Pedro Silva (2024). Estudos de caso na administração pública: Programa de especialização liderança executiva na administração pública. INA Editora.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2022). The economic implications of training for firm performance. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Hamilton, Jonathan H. (Eds.), Oxford University Press.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2021). Internal labor market dimensions and labor productivity. Research in Labor Economics. : Workplace Productivity and Management Practices. Polachek, Solomon W., Tatsiramos, Konstantinos, Russo, Giovanni, Houten, Gijs van (Eds.), Emerald Group Holdings Ltd., Vol. 49, 107-137.
• Martins, Pedro S. (2020). Measuring what social partners do about wages over the business cycle. Economic Globalization and Governance. : Essays in Honor of Jorge Braga de Macedo. Springer International Publishing, 261-275.
• Conley, Hazel, Healy, Geraldine, Martins, Pedro, Warren, Stella (2018). Decentralisation and the gender pay gap in the UK context: Case studies. The Gender Pay Gap and Social Partnership in Europe. : Findings from 'Close the Deal, Fill the Gap'. Taylor & Francis, 90-113.
• Martins, Pedro Silva (2018). Public policy, big data, and counterfactual evaluation: an illustration from an employment activation programme. Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation. : How Access to Microdata is Transforming Policy Design. Springer International Publishing, 149-163.

• Martins, Pedro Silva(2022), 30 p., (Global Labor Organization, n. 1163), The wage effects of employers' associations: A case study of the private schools sector.
• Martins, Pedro S.(2021), (Global Labor Organization (GLO), n. 971), Which occupations do jobseekers and firms look for? Evidence from three public employment services.