Paulo Marques was born in 1984. Currently he is Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Economy (ISCTE-IUL) and conducts his research at DINÂMIA'CET-IUL. He holds a PhD in Economics, awarded by ISCTE-IUL. His thesis was entitled: "Young People and Labour Market Segmentation in Europe: An Institutionalist Perspective". He conducts research on labour market issues, namely on labour market segmentation and labour market policies. His PhD thesis received two awards: António Simões Lopes Prize, awarded by the Portuguese Economics Association, and the Manuel Lopes Prize, awarded by IEFP (Portuguese Ministry of Labour). His master dissertation received two awards: Jacques Delors Prize, awarded by the European Information Centre Jacques Delors; and the Silva Leal Prize (honourable mention), awarded by the Portuguese State Secretariat for Social Security and ISCTE-IUL. An article he published together with Isabel Salavisa in the Socio-Economic Review received the António Dornelas Prize, awarded by GEP/MTSSS (Portuguese Ministry for Labour).