João Pereira dos Santos

Do Toll-free Highways Foster Firm Formation and Employment Growth? Results from a Quasi-natural Experiment

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Cousins from Overseas

The Labour Market Impact of a Major Forced Return Migration Shock

We study the labour market impact of the return of half a million Portuguese due to onset of the colonial war in 1974. Both the size and similarity wi...

Nobody's gonna slow me down? The effects of a transportation cost shock on firm performance and behavior

working paper

This paper takes a deep and comprehensive look into the firm-level behavioral reactions to a massive transportation cost shock. Exploiting rich data e...

Collateral Damage?

Labour Market Effects of Competing with China - at Home and Abroad

The increasing range and quality of China's exports is a major development internationally with potentially far-reaching effects. In this paper, on to...

Nobody's Gonna Slow Me Down?

The Effects of a Transportation Cost Shock on Firm Performance and Behavior

This paper takes a deep and comprehensive look into the firm-level behavioral reactions to a massive transportation cost shock. Exploiting rich data e...