• More than a regulatory state: divergent trajectories in the Mexican polymorphous state 

  Portugal Celaya, Bolívar Gerardo (Date of defense: 03-12-2020)

  This thesis investigates the Mexican regulatory reforms focusing on the evolution of the institutional arrangements of the regulatory state across policy regimes. It is based on a qualitative research design and the results ...
• Las Barreras invisibles para la igualdad: tres estudios sobre las desigualdades étnicas y de género en el mercado de trabajo durante la Gran Recesión 

  Jiménez García, Juan Ramón (Date of defense: 27-11-2020)

  This thesis analyzes ethnics and gender inequalities in access to the labor market during the Great Recession in Spain. The first article illustrates the probabilities of unemployed people to get a job depending on gender, ...
• Media performance during the "Catalan process": trends in mainstream media audiences and news framing in the course of the independence debate in Catalonia 

  Martínez Amat, Marc (Date of defense: 01-09-2020)

  This thesis analyses the processes undergone by mainstream media during the independence debate in Catalonia, focusing on the relationship among media, their audiences and governments through different empirical perspectives. ...
• Fertility and family ties in times of demographic changes 

  Rutigliano, Roberta (Date of defense: 30-11-2017)

  This thesis investigates how big economic and demographic changes over the past century influence fertility dynamics with a particular focus on family ties. The first chapter investigates the role of type of partnership ...
• Political distrust and support for anti-establishment parties in hard times: panel and longitudinal evidence of the association between political distrust and voting for anti-establishment parties 

  Serani, Danilo (Date of defense: 04-03-2020)

  This thesis revolves around the relationship between distrust in the main actors of political representation (political parties and politicians) and voting for anti-establishment parties (AEP). While the research does not ...

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