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Patrícia Melo

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Departamento
Economia
Área Científica
Economia Aplicada e Métodos
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Biografia

Patricia is an Associate Professor at ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon. She is also an Honorary Research Associate of the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) at the James Hutton Institute (JHI), where she worked as a senior researcher in applied economics between 2013 and 2017. Prior to that, between 2010 and 2013, Patricia worked as Research Associate in the Centre for Transport Studies (CTS) at Imperial College London (ICL).

Patricia's main research interests include topics in urban and regional economics, applied economics, transport economics and transport geography. Key areas of focus comprise the relationship between transport investment, agglomeration economies and economic performance; the causes of spatial disparities in regional development; rural-urban linkages and city-region economies; the relationship between travel demand, sustainable mobility and urban spatial structure; evaluation of urban transport investments; the analysis of output and cost efficiency of public transport operators.

For more details about my work see: https://patriciacmelo.weebly.com/ 

Educação

2010 Doctorate, Economics
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine (United Kingdom)
2006 MSc in Transport (Distinction), Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine (United Kingdom)
2003 Bachelor of Science, Economie, Economia
ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Portugal)

Publicações e Citações

Journal article
Ano Título / Publicação Link
2022 What drives the allocation of motorways? Evidence from Portugal's fast-expanding network
Journal of Transport Geography
Ver
2022 Will COVID-19 hinder or aid the transition to sustainable urban mobility? Spotlight on Portugal's largest urban agglomeration
Regional Science Policy & Practice
Ver
2022 Estimating labour income‐based inequality of opportunity for a selection of EU‐SILC countries: national and urban‐rural perspectives
Regional Science Policy & Practice
Ver
2022 Does road accessibility to cities support rural population growth? Evidence for Portugal between 1991 and 2011
Journal of Regional Science
Ver
2021 Fuel Subsidies, Fuel Consumption, and Road Transport Emissions: A systematic review
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
Ver
2021 Neighbourhood deprivation, life satisfaction and earnings: Comparative analyses of neighbourhood effects at bespoke scales
Urban Studies
Ver
2019 Estimating the long-run metro demand elasticities for Lisbon: A time-varying approach
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Ver
2018 Evaluating the causal economic impacts of transport investments: evidence from the Madrid–Barcelona high speed rail corridor
Journal of Applied Statistics
2018 Does home-based telework reduce household total travel? A path analysis using single and two worker British households
Journal of Transport Geography
2018 Income elasticities for food, calories and nutrients across Africa: A meta-analysis
Food Policy
2018 Home telework, travel behavior, and land-use patterns: A path analysis of British single-worker households
Journal of Transport and Land Use
2018 Transport-induced agglomeration effects: Evidence for US metropolitan areas
Regional Science Policy & Practice
2018 Does Work-life Balance Affect Pro-environmental Behaviour? Evidence for the UK Using Longitudinal Microdata
Ecological Economics
2018 Does Work-life Balance Affect Pro-environmental Behaviour? Evidence for the UK Using Longitudinal Microdata
Ecological Economics
2017 Home telework and household commuting patterns in Great Britain
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
2017 The effects of home-based telework on household total travel: A path analysis approach of British households
Transportation Research Procedia
2017 Mapping the carbon footprint of EU regions
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2016 Agglomeration, accessibility and productivity: Evidence for large metropolitan areas in the US
Urban Studies
2016 People, places and earnings differentials in Scotland
Regional Studies
2016 Modelling Small Area at-Risk-of-Poverty Rates for the UK Using the World Bank Methodology and the EU-SILC
Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
2015 Driving down road transport CO emissions in Scotland
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
2015 Regional poverty mapping in Europe – Challenges, advances, benefits and limitations
Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
2015 Impacts of Moving-Block Signaling on Technical Efficiency
Transportation Research Record
2014 Estimating fuel demand elasticities to evaluate CO2 emissions: Panel data evidence for the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
2014 Testing for labour pooling as a source of agglomeration economies: Evidence for labour markets in England and Wales
Papers in Regional Science
2013 The effect of the Dubai Metro on the value of residential and commercial properties
Journal of Transport and Land Use
2013 The productivity of transport infrastructure investment: A meta-analysis of empirical evidence
Regional Science and Urban Economics
2013 A meta-analysis of the impact of rail projects on land and property values
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
2013 Passenger -Focused Management Approach to Measurement of Train Delay Impacts
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2012 Role of Air Travel Demand Elasticities in Reducing Aviation's Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2012 Effects of Road Investments on Economic Output and Induced Travel Demand
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2012 The effect of labour market spatial structure on commuting in England and Wales ‡
Journal of Economic Geography
2012 Transportation-Induced Agglomeration Effects and Productivity of Firms in Megacity Region of Paris Basin
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2011 Assessment of Wider Economic Impacts of High-Speed Rail for Great Britain
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2011 Determinants of Delay Incident Occurrence in Urban Metros
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2010 TESTING FOR CAUSALITY BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY AND AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
Journal of Regional Science
2010 Impact of Transport Infrastructure on Firm Formation
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
2009 A meta-analysis of estimates of urban agglomeration economies
Regional Science and Urban Economics
Chapter
Ano Título / Publicação Link
2021 Transport infrastructure effects on economic output: the micro-economic approach
Elsevier
Ver
2021 Transportation and Urban Spatial Structure
Edward Elgar Publishing

Ensino

Semester Curso Graduação Coordenação
Economic Policy and Business Activity Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia - Economia, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics No
Economic Policy and Business Activity (G) Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Urban Economics Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia - Economia, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics Yes
Tópicos de Microeconomia Doutoramento Bolonha em Economia - Economia No
Economic Policy and Business Activity / Economic Policy and Business Activity (G) Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Applied Spatial Economics Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão - Gestão, Licenciatura Bolonha em Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão - Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia - Economia, Licenciatura Bolonha em Finance - Finance, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Finanças - Finanças, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Economics and Business Information Licenciatura Bolonha em Finance - Finance, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Economics and Business Information Licenciatura Bolonha em Finance - Finance, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Urban and Regional Economics Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão - Gestão, Licenciatura Bolonha em Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão - Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia - Economia, Licenciatura Bolonha em Finanças - Finanças, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Economic Policy and Business Activity / Economic Policy and Business Activity (G) Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Economics and Business Information Licenciatura Bolonha em Finance - Finance, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Economic Policy and Business Activity / Economic Policy and Business Activity (G) Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Economics and Business Information Licenciatura Bolonha em Finance - Finance, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Urban and Regional Economics Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão - Gestão, Licenciatura Bolonha em Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão - Matemática Aplicada à Economia e à Gestão, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economia - Economia, Licenciatura Bolonha em Finanças - Finanças, Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Economic Policy and Business Activity / Economic Policy and Business Activity (G) Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Economics and Business Information Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No
Economic Policy and Business Activity (G) Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management Yes
Política Económica e Atividade Empresarial Licenciatura Bolonha em Gestão - Gestão Yes
Economic Policy and Business Activity Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics Yes
Economics and Business Information Licenciatura Bolonha em Economics - Economics, Licenciatura Bolonha em Management - Management No

Ano Aluno / Título / Instituição Tipo Link
2022/2023 BRUNO MIGUEL BRITO LIMA
THE WELL-BEING ECONOMY: AN INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS WITH APPLICATION TO PORTUGAL
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Master Ver
2021/2022 INÊS DA CRUZ DO COUTO
Estimating the urban wage premium in Portugal using longitudinal microdata
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Master Ver
2021/2022 HUGO BAPTISTA FERREIRA
Motorways, Sprawl, and the (Un)Sustainable Economy The study provides a review of the main causes and consequences of urban sprawl and analyses empirically some of the economic and environmental external costs of sprawl for Portugal and its mains metropolitan areas.
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Master Ver
2021/2022 RAFAEL PEQUITO DE ALMEIDA
-THE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF TRANSPORT COST AND ITS IMPACT ON INCOME INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FOR LISBON AND PORTO METROPOLITAN AREAS
Master Ver
2020/2021 DANIEL FILIPE MAXIMINO RODRIGUES
Políticas Públicas e Gestão do Estacionamento: Os casos dos Municípios de Lisboa e Porto
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Master Ver
2020/2021 INÊS DA CRUZ DO COUTO
The urban wage premium in Portugal
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Master
2020/2021 GONÇALO JOSÉ DE BRITO GONÇALVES MARTINS
THE ESTIMATION OF LOCAL EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIERS FOR PORTUGAL
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
Master Ver
2019/2020 INÊS DA CRUZ DO COUTO
The urban wage premium in Portugal
Master
2019/2020 GONÇALO JOSÉ DE BRITO GONÇALVES MARTINS
The Estimation of Local Employment Multipliers for Portugal
Master
2019/2020 ERIC NOVAZALI IBRAHIMO HABIBO
Determinantes da escolha do modo de transporte na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
Master Ver

Experiência Profissional

Nome / Descrição Data Organização
Membro da unidade de investigação
Membro da unidade de investigação
2010 - 2013 Imperial College London
Membro da unidade de investigação
Membro da unidade de investigação
2008 - 2009 Imperial College London
Lisbon Airport, ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal
2003 - 2005 Lisbon Airport, ANA-Aeroportos de Portugal