Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Recent submissions
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Essays in labor economics and structural change
This thesis studies questions at the intersection of labor economics and the literature of structural change. The first chapter empirically assesses the impact of emigration on structural change. Exploiting plausibly ...
Essays on high-dimensional bayesian inference
This thesis studies the capabilities of Bayesian estimators in high-dimen-sional generalised linear models, with a particular focus on treatment effect estimation. The first of four chapters provides the necessary ...
Defining DYRKs interactome: approaches for the characterization of proximity-dependent interactions and identification of direct substrates
Dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinases (DYRKs) are a conserved family of protein kinases present in all eukaryotes. In mammals, the association of DYRKs with a wide variety of putative substrates and interactors, in ...
Algebraic techniques for universal succinct arguments
In this thesis, we make theoretical and practical contributions to the design of succinct arguments with universal setups in the pairing-based setting. We first introduce a new primitive, Checkable Subspace Sampling (CSS) ...
Essays on statistical inference in non-regular semiparametric models
This thesis consists of three chapters which relate to problems of statistical inference in (potentially) non-regular semiparametric models. Chapter 1 considers hypothesis testing problems in semiparametric models which ...
Essays in behavioral economics
This thesis comprises three chapters on topics in behavioral and experimental economics. In the first chapter, I show formally that, in a limited attention framework, the choices made by a decision maker who considers ...
Symmetries in constraint satisfaction: Weisfeiler-Leman invariance and promise problems
This thesis focuses on the complexity of the fixed-template Constraint Satisfaction Problem (CSP) and its variants. Our contributions are two-fold. On the one hand, we study how closure of the space of CSP instances under ...
Essays in the economics of information
This dissertation consists of three essays that empirically test economic theories on the causal effect of information on individuals and firms. The first chapter studies the consequences of lower consumer search costs ...
The Macroeconomic implications of learning by shopping
Empirical evidence suggests that consumers rely on their shopping experiences to form beliefs about inflation. In other words, they learn by shopping. This dissertation studies the implications of this information friction ...
Early-life environmental exposures and molecular markers in children
L'exposició a factors de risc ambientals durant la vida intrauterina o la infància ha estat relacionada amb un major risc a desenvolupar diverses malalties. Tot i això, els mecanismes biològics subjacents són poc coneguts. ...
Maintaining regenerative competence of muscle stem cells: role of mitochondrial dynamics
La regeneración del músculo esquelético depende de la expansión correcta de las células madre inactivas residentes (células satélite), un proceso que se vuelve menos eficiente con el envejecimiento, por razones en gran ...
Computational fluid simulations in clinical datasets for understanding thrombus formation before and after left atrial appendage occlusion
Atrial fibrillation is considered the most common arrhythmia in humans. Because the left atrium of the heart stops beating properly and begins to do so in an arrhythmic manner, the blood may become stagnant in a small ...
Succinct arguments: efficiency, assumptions and trade-offs
Succinct non-interactive arguments (snarks) are cryptographic constructions that allow a prover to convince a verifier about the validity of a statement regarding some computation. We consider these objects from the ...
Influence of natural environments during pregnancy on fetal health
La urbanització mundial de la població està incrementat ràpidament. Aquesta actual vida en àrees urbanes pot fomentar una major exposició a certs contaminats, als estils de vida sedentaris, a nivells d'estrès elevats i a ...
Escritura colaborativa en línea para la elaboración del género de discurso "informe de resolución de problemas"
La escritura colaborativa en línea en la aplicación de la metodología Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas (ABP) ha sido poco estudiada. De manera frecuente, la investigación especializada en el área da cuenta de los beneficios ...
Essays in development economics
This thesis consists of three independent chapters which all utilize primary data from Sierra Leone. The first chapter uses a field experiment to show that financial incentives maximize output in an hierarchical organization ...
Essays in applied economics
This thesis consists of two independent articles. In the first article, we examine the relationship between uncertainty and uncovered interest rate parity. It is well-known that uncovered interest rate parity does not ...
Beijing's Road to Southeastern Europe: Chinese infrastructural investments in the Balkans and the case study of the Highway Project in Montenegro
La tesis doctoral analiza los principales proyectos de infraestructura desarrollados por la República Popular China en la región de los Balcanes. En particular, la tesis pone el foco en los aspectos políticos y económicos ...
Securitizing migration in a changing international order: a critical comparative analysis of the cases of the European Union, the United States, and South Africa
Is linking migracion to security threats juscified? How is the secut1t1zacion of migracion applied in praccice? To what extent does it change the lives of migrants around the world? And in a wider context, does this have ...
Pathophysiological regulation of the production, aggregation and toxicity of the amyloid beta-peptide in Alzheimer's disease
Society increase in live expectancy will cause a rise in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) diagnosis, thus, there is a need to further understand how it works. One of the main culprits of this disease amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), this ...
