Fernández Cebrián, Pablo (Date of defense: 2022-12-21)
[eng] Consolidating state capacity and ensuring inclusive access to quality education are two of the greatest challenges facing countries around the world today, and are particularly relevant for many ...
Peres Cajías, José Alejandro (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)
My dissertation aims at analyzing the impact of State intervention in Bolivia by looking at the long term evolution of Bolivian Public Finances, 1882-2007. My dissertation is compound by four different ...
Pagel, Jeffrey M. (Date of defense: 2021-10-04)
Fighting poverty and protecting the environment are two of the most urgent challenges facing the international community at the start of the 21st century (United Nations, 2015). One aspect that will be ...
Guilera Rafecas, Jordi (Date of defense: 2014-01-13)
This thesis aims to provide a complete picture on the long term evolution of economic inequality in Portugal. Indeed, Portugal is today one of the most unequal European countries and in this thesis we ...
Caum-Julio, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)
[eng] The determinants of economic development have been largely studied in social sciences. Researchers have mostly pointed at geographic (Roy, 2014; Sachs and Warner, 2001) and institutional factors ...