Browsing by Author "Pereira, Pedro Telhado"
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- Higher Education attainment : the case of intergenerational transmission of education in PortugalPublication . Pereira, Pedro TelhadoThe lack of formal education and competences of the Portuguese workers is one of the biggest problems of the country. This lack is disappearing as quickly as desired and the young generations still lag far behind those in other OECD countries. This paper studies the intergenerational transmission of education achievement, in particular higher education completion, seeking to determine the influence on future attainment of parents’ education and labor market conditions while the child was growing up. We conclude that the education of the parents is very important, even if it is only one of them that has it. This influence seems not to be independent of the gender of the parent who has it. The fact that the parents face unemployment has a negative effect on the educational achievement of the child. Females generally perform better than males, but there are exceptions. For instance, it is significantly lower if the father has low education and the mother has secondary or higher education.
- On returns to training in PortugalPublication . Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Budría, SantiagoThis paper investigates the earnings effects of training in the Portuguese labour market. We use the Portuguese Labour Force Survey to classify training according to multiple criteria, including providing institution, purpose, duration, and content of the training activity. First, we establish some stylised facts about the extent and determinants of different types of training. We find that there are major differences in training participation across groups, with elder, low educated workers participating substantially less. Second, we measure the wage effects of training. We find that in Portugal returns to training are large and significant. The estimated coefficients are about 12% in the case of men and 37% in the case of women. We show that discriminating between gender, education level, experience, the public and the private sector, and industrial activity reveals important differences across categories of workers. Workers with low qualifications and long professional experience earn larger returns. On average, women receive larger returns than men, though they are subject to greater variation across education and experience groups. The average effect of training is similar in the private sector and in the public sector. Experience in the private sector and education in the public sector are key determinants of the returns to training. Further, training to improve current skills and training in a firm attract largest returns. Third, the paper investigates whether and to what extent training participation affects the probability of entering and leaving unemployment. We find that being trained does not affect significantly the transition probabilities.
- Valuing nature attributes by the tourists : are there socio-demographic differences?Publication . Oliveira, Paulo; Pereira, Pedro TelhadoThis research studies if there are different valuations of nature attributes due to different socio-demographic characteristics of the individuals. We use the case of the Natural Park of Madeira and the valuation of its different attributes by the tourists to test if there are differences due to gender, age, education, and nationality; we control by the duration and number of previous visits to the destination. We use a probit model to see how socio-demographic characteristics of the tourists and different aspects of the trip affect the valuation given to 24 aspects of the Park and its organization. We conclude that males tend to value 12 of the aspects less and do not value any more than females. Age does not seem to affect the way individuals value the different aspects; the exception is the WC, which is more valued by the elderly. More educated people tend to value less the organizational aspects of the park and the services provided. British visitors value more than tourists from other nationalities 10 of the 24 aspects of the Park, while Germans tend to value less the services provided by the Park.