The School of Business and Management, Queen Mary would like to invite you to attend the upcoming inaugural lecture for Prof Pedro Martins, one of our Professors of Applied Economics.
This event is free to attend and you can find further
details and reserve a place here
Understanding How to Create More and Better Jobs
Professor Pedro Martins
Wednesday 21st October 2015
18:30 - 20:30
Skeel Lecture Theatre, the People's Palace
Wednesday 21st October 2015
18:30 - 20:30
Skeel Lecture Theatre, the People's Palace
Lecture Synopsis:
The labour market plays a critical role in the economy, in society and in our
individual lives. Understanding how the labour market operates and how its
functioning can be improved is very important for policy makers, firms and all
citizens. Fortunately, the last 20 years have witnessed a marked improvement in
theory, evaluation methods and data. In this lecture Professor Martins will
present some of his contributions to the discipline. He will also call on a
greater interaction between researchers in economics and other fields of study
as well as other stakeholders to promote further improvements in labour market
evidence, policy and outcomes.
Meet our Professor - Professor Pedro Martins:
Pedro Martins is Professor of Applied Economics at Queen
Mary University of London, receiving his Professorship in 2009. Pedro’s main
research area is labour economics, having published several articles in leading
journals and collaborated with a number of international organizations,
statistics agencies, multinational firms and NGOs. Between 2011 and 2013, Pedro
served in the Government of Portugal, as Secretary of State for Employment.
During that period, he conducted a number of reforms, in areas such as
employment law, active labour market policies, and collective bargaining.
