Mariani, Giulia (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
This dissertation employs a multi-method research design to analyze the political and discursive opportunities for gradual institutional change in the case of marriage equality in the American states. ...
Ciganda, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-01-31)
The three chapters included in this dissertation aim to improve our understanding of the distance between people's desires regarding the timing and the number of children they want to have and what they ...
Willis, Sébastien (Date of defense: 2021-02-04)
This thesis consists of three independent articles. In the first chapter, I test whether tipping points can explain observed workplace segregation between immigrants and natives in Germany over the ...
Portugal Celaya, Bolívar Gerardo (Date of defense: 2020-12-03)
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 ...
Rodon i Casarramona, Antoni (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)
This thesis is focused on studying centrist abstention, by analysing crosscountry differences and also, centrist individuals’ propensity to turn out. Despite the literature claiming that abstention ...
Bianculli, Andrea C. (Date of defense: 2010-12-21)
The trade agenda has undergone significant transformations during the last 25 years. Negotiations have moved from the reciprocal reduction of tariff barriers to include the construction and harmonization ...
Franco-Guillén, Núria (Date of defense: 2015-11-26)
The thesis is a compilation of three articles that explore the relationship between immigration and minority nations. It focuses on Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties (SNRP) through the lens ...
Garriga Alsina, Anna (Date of defense: 2010-11-11)
The aim of this dissertation is to expand the European literature on the effects of parental divorce and family structure on children's well-being, paying special attention to micro and macro-level ...
Soler Pastor, Elia (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)
This dissertation explores the structure and impacts of culturally diversifying experiences, on a series of intra- and interpersonal outcomes. It extends prior research by using diverse conceptualizations ...
Hernández Ibarzábal, José alberto (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
This thesis consists of three articles that study qualitatively investment in natural gas infrastructure with emphasis on regulatory governance, regulatory and energy policies and governability using ...