The paper shows why considering a number of education-dependent covariates in a wage equation decreases the coefficient of education in that equation. This result is illustrated empirically with a meta-analysis for Portugal. The education coefficient decreases when covariates are used that can...

This paper investigates whether the Ethiopian economy is undergoing a virtuous process of structural change. In particular, it assesses the relative contributions of within-sector and between-sector productivity to output per capita growth. Based on data disaggregated into eight sectors for the...

This book contributes to the study of Lisbon during the last one hundred years. It represents an attempt to analyse its role as a capital city within the Portuguese urban system and its regional trends, focusing mainly on economic history and particularly on the study of the Lisbon labour market...