Do doutoramento para o mercado de trabalho? O percurso de inserção profissional de um grupo altamente qualificado

Abstract

: The number of PhD graduates in Portugal has increased significantly since the beginning of this century. However, the contours of post-doctoral professional paths are still widely unknown, which makes it difficult to have an informed debate about the effects of the PhD degree in the labour marketandtheroleofdoctoratesintheproductionofknowledgeandinitstranspositionfromtheaca-demic to the corporate sphere. This paper contributes to this debate by presenting and discussing the results of a quantitative analysis of the professional paths of recent PhD graduates from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa between 2010 and 2015. The professional paths of PhD holders will be compared to the ones of first and second degree graduates of the same institution. The data suggest that PhDs have an advantage in the world of work vis-à-vis other graduates, even though they are mainly enrolled in public higher education as teachers or researchers. It is also concluded that there are particularities in the professional paths between levels of studies that should be highlighted and monitored in subse-quent investigations about graduates transitions to work.