The world is undergoing one of the most significant technological revolutions in history. Digitalisation is causing profound changes in all aspects of the economy – in particular, labour markets. While certain digital technologies have an impact across all sectors, others are likely to affect specific occupations in distinct ways. We propose to study the impact of digitalisation on the Portuguese economy.

Entrepreneurship and business dynamism has been declining in developed economies. One explanation for the decline is related with ageing and slowing population growth. It is then of critical importance to understand how the aggregate level of entrepreneurship changes with the age structure of the workforce. The project intends to conduct research to provide new evidence and clearer insights about the mechanisms through which population ageing affects aggregate entrepreneurship.

The proposed research aims to examine whether the extent to which technology regimes underlying university R&D match with technology regimes underlying the industrial structure in surrounding regions influences the effectiveness of technology transfer, and influences the creation, location choice and subsequent performance of knowledge-based start-up firms.