This report was prepared by Ailbhe Brioscú, Sofia Dromundo Mokrani and Olga Rastrigina in the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs under the supervision of Theodora Xenogiani (team leader). Statistical assistance was provided by Dana Blumin.
Co‑operation with Katarina Jaksic and Nora Wukovits, European Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and Sara Flisi and Fabio Berton, European Commission Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation of the Joint Research Centre, has been instrumental for the project and the preparation of this report.
The report has also benefited from the information received from stakeholders in Portugal who the OECD team met with during a fact-finding mission in July 2023. This included representatives from the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP), the Institute for Social Security (ISS), the Institute for Informatics (II), the National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (ANQEP), the Permanent Youth Observatory (OPJ), the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP) and the General Union of Workers (UGT). In particular, thanks are given to Antonieta Ministro and Luis Folque at the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security for their co‑operation and for organising the fact-finding mission with stakeholders.
Comments on earlier versions of this report – through virtual meetings and in writing – greatly benefited the report. Comments were provided by various stakeholders in Portugal, the European Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, the European Commission Joint Research Centre/Centre for Research on Impact Evaluation, as well as Stefano Scarpetta and Mark Keese at the OECD.
The report was produced as part of the project “Pilot studies on impact evaluation of labour market and social policies through the use of linked administrative and survey data” which is co-funded by the European Union (European’s Commission Directorate‑General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) (VS‑2020‑0368).
The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.