On 12 February 2026, at 18.30, the Auditorium 4 of the New Quelhas Building, will be the stage for the presentation of the book Living Wage in Portugal: From necessity to the possibility of a policy, a work that aims to promote academic and public debate on the living wage in Portugal.
The book was written by José António Pereirinha, retired professor at ISEG, and by Elvira Pereira, Professor at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP).
The presentation will be attended by the authors and by Paulo Trigo Pereira and Paula Cristina Albuquerque, Professors at ISEG, and by João Duque, Dean of ISEG, who will open the session.
Free admission.
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Synopsis
The aim of publishing this book is to bring the issue of a living wage in Portugal into the national academic debate, thereby clarifying public opinion on the need for a living wage policy in our country, as well as on the various alternatives for designing a policy with this objective, and the nature of the political action variables that are required.
It also aims to enable discussion, clarified by its theoretical and institutional framework and its methodological approach, on the possibilities of a living wage policy in Portugal and thus help both the political authorities and the social partners (employers and workers) to have more informed discussions on this policy.
