Walking between the worlds - labour market economist and former Secretary of State Pedro S. Martins

Abstract

"Pedro Martins is an expert spanning boundaries between science and politics: Martins, who is now doing research at Queen Mary University of London, was Secretary of State in the Ministry for Economics and Employment of his home country Portugal from 2011 until 2013 - at a time when unemployment, especially among the youth, achieved a record high across Southern Europe as a result of the economic and financial crisis. As a politician, he got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to combat job crisis by implementing measures that he himself had always advocated as a researcher. In an interview to the IAB-Forum magazine, he airs his assessments and experience." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Schludi, M., Martins, P. & Anger, S. (2017): Walking between the worlds - labour market economist and former Secretary of State Pedro S. Martins. In: IAB-Forum No. 19.10.2017, o. Sz.