Capsada-Munsech, Queralt (Date of defense: 2016-10-18)
This dissertation studies overeducation incidence and persistence among graduates from different fields of study and social origin from a social stratification standpoint. Empirical research has shown ...
Paneque Martin, Andreu (Date of defense: 2022-11-04)
This thesis is focused on studying the causes and consequences of political professionalisation, by analyzing empirically the cross-country differences. Despite the literature claiming that political ...
Palència Fernàndez, Laia (Date of defense: 2012-12-18)
The aim of this thesis was to describe inequalities in the use of different health care services according to socioeconomic position (SEP) in Catalonia, Spain and Europe. In addition, we intended to ...
Vargas-Prada Figueroa, Sergio (Date of defense: 2014-01-24)
This PhD thesis is based on the Spanish sample of the International “Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability” (CUPID) study. This multicentre study is coordinated by Professor David Coggon ...
Porras Pérez, Antonio Reyes (Date of defense: 2015-06-08)
Una caracterización precisa y completa del tejido cardíaco es esencial para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de problemas cardíacos. Para caracterizar la función cardíaca desde diferentes perspectivas, en ...
Souza, André B. M. (Date of defense: 2021-11-02)
This dissertation consists of two independent chapters on economic and financial forecasting. The first chapter introduces a nonlinear forecasting framework that combines forecasts of the sign and ...
Cajner, Tomaz (Date of defense: 2012-07-03)
This thesis investigates several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. First chapter finds that in the US more educated individuals experience lower and less volatile unemployment due to a lower ...
Kamaid Toth, Andres (Date of defense: 2008-12-19)
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are diffusible molecules involved in a variety of cellular interactions during development. In particular, Bmp4 expression accompanies the development of the ear sensory ...
Petriconi, Silvio (Date of defense: 2014-09-25)
This thesis investigates the relation between information and competition in two particular settings. In the first chapter, I ask which screening and lending choices banks make if their loan offers can ...
Tu, Xiaochuan (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived from the inner cell mass of the pre-implantation embryo and can recapitulate early developmental stages of the embryo. ESCs have the ability to continuously ...