Universitat de Barcelona
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Besides introduction and conclusions, the thesis is composed by three theoretical and empirical chapters that investigate the allocation of skilled workers during structural transformation. Specifically, the second chapter ...
[eng] The thesis is composed of an introduction, conclusions, and three chapters that investigate three characteristics of developing countries: structural change, fertility, and informality. In Chapter 2, co-authored ...
[eng] This thesis contributes to two problems identified in the literature: i) How do US financial conditions impact funding markets (credit and stocks) in a large set of countries around the world under different scenarios ...
In recent years, one of the main problems the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has been facing is slow economic growth stemming, in part, from subdued investments despite interest rates falling below the zero-lower ...
This thesis comprises five chapters in total, starting with a general introduction that raises the issue of obesity as well as a brief description of the basic research questions of the dissertation, three main chapters ...
The purpose of this dissertation is to study specific cases of all those aforementioned questions in a number of different settings, all of which share one common characteristic of particular economic relevance. The settings ...
Besides introduction and conclusions, the thesis is composed by three empirical chapters that investigate the impact of immigration on three different outcomes of the native population, namely employment, wages and human ...
This PhD thesis presents empirical evidence about the effects of political fragmentation on some of the main political challenges society has faced to date in the 21st century. For governments to behave in their citizens’ ...
The world has been urbanizing at an incredible pace during the last century. Meanwhile, the global rise in temperatures has led to the increased probabilities of gradual and sudden natural disasters, putting large shares ...
[eng] This thesis explores the intersection of (integrated) management systems (MSs) and sustainability, aiming to provide insights into how organisations can foster their corporate sustainability performance (CSP). It ...
Fifteen years into the twentieth century, Venezuela displays the same income per capita than in 1955. Sixty years of stagnation, where the country managed to elude its portentous luck in the natural resource lottery. This ...
In this dissertation I aim at documenting costs and benefits of cities through the lenses of transport economics. In the second chapter of this dissertation, I analyse on the long-term economic effects of transportation ...
This thesis contributes with empirical evidence on policies that attempt to reduce spatial inequalities and also studying the drivers of residential segregation. Specifically, the second chapter assesses the impact on ...
[eng] The dissertation examines how rising housing costs and booming tourism affect local economies. The first chapter provides an introduction to the topic. The second chapter studies developers' influence on housing ...
Esta tesis estudia la relación entre costes de movilidad y desigualdad de género en el mercado laboral. Se argumenta que, en un contexto de roles de género tradicionales, que imponen en las mujeres mayor responsabilidad ...
This PhD thesis contributes to the ongoing debate about wealth taxation by providing empirical evidence on this matter. On the one hand, it studies behavioural responses to taxes that levy broad stocks of wealth - i.e. the ...
¿Qué estrategias de sostenibilidad en marketing están llevando a cabo los fabricantes de gran consumo en España y por qué lo hacen? Esta es la pregunta que trata de contestar este trabajo de investigación. Para ello, en ...
La búsqueda de estrategias que mejoren la retención de clientes se ha convertido en el foco de atención e investigación en empresas de servicios. El negocio de los centros de fitness se caracteriza por unas elevadas tasas ...
El propósito de la realización de esta tesis ha sido lograr tres objetivos. En primer lugar, especificar los principios sobre los que la implantación de la imposición sobre la renta en la hacienda local pueda fundamentarse. ...
[spa] La presente tesis aborda la problemática respecto a cómo puede evaluarse el coaching en el ámbito de las organizaciones, de manera objetiva y relevante para todos los involucrados. En concreto, se busca dar respuesta ...
