Social Sciences Datalab – Databases

 

Databases

The DataLab currently provides access to the following databases:

MISI

MISI is a detailed administrative database overseen by the Ministry of Education, containing information on pre-school, basic, and secondary education in public schools in Portugal.

PitchBook

An accordion Pitchbook is a comprehensive, research-ready dataset covering global private markets, including venture capital, private equity, M&A, company financials, valuations, deal terms, and investor networks. Designed for empirical research and data-driven analysis in finance, entrepreneurship, strategy, and innovation.

Content available:
– Universe: VC, PE, M&A
– History: All years
– Geography: North America, Europe, Global (ex-NA/EUR)
– Modules: Company, Deal, Investor, Fund, Limited Partner, Service Provider, People, People Contact Data, Cap Tables, Public Financials, Fund Returns, Signalscontent area

Quadros de Pessoal

Quadros de Pessoal (Personnel Records), managed by the Statistics, Studies and Planning Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity (GEP-MTSS), contains information on firms and workers in the private sector in Portugal. It is a compulsory annual survey, conducted each October, for the purpose of monitoring compliance with labour law provisions.

The dataset covers every wage earner in the Portuguese economy, excluding civil servants and independent workers, as well as their employers at both firm and establishment level. Variables include size, location, economic activity, employment, gender, age, education, skills, occupation, tenure, monthly wages, and hours worked.

Revelio Labs

Revelio Labs provides structured, large-scale workforce and organizational data, widely used in research on labor markets, firms, human capital, and corporate behavior. The datasets combine multiple sources to enable advanced empirical analysis at company, individual, and job-level granularity.

SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe)

A multidisciplinary, cross-national panel database of microdata on health, socio-economic status, and social and family networks of approximately 123,000 individuals aged 50 or older from 20 European countries and Israel.

The data is available to the entire research community free of charge upon registration. Access is provided through a protocol with the Statistics, Studies and Planning Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity (GEP-MTSS). For more information, including available variables, please visit the dataset website.

To request access please use the forms menu