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    Accountability for public policies the case of health policy in Spain 

    Pérez Durán, Ixchel (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)

    This research is a contribution to the analysis, measurement and explanation of accountability for public policies. Firstly, I develop a proposal to analyze and measure accountability for public policies. This proposal is ...

    Are you ready now for another child?: life satisfaction, work-family trajectories and the progression to the second child 

    Luppi, Francesca (Date of defense: 2015-03-27)

    This thesis aims to study the relationship between fertility and subjective wellbeing in a sample of Australian couples (source: HILDA 2001-2009), followed from the year of the pregnancy with the first child. In particular, ...

    Behind Left and Right. The meaning of left-right orientation in Europe 

    Weber, Wiebke (Date of defense: 2013-01-21)

    The left-right concept is considered to facilitate communication and orientation in the political world. It has a long tradition in European politics due to its capacity to absorb different associations over time. ...

    Buying peace: amnesty as a tool in ending civil wars 

    Daniels, Lesley-Ann (Date of defense: 2016-02-12)

    This thesis examines the use of amnesty as a tool for ending civil wars. The thesis is innovative in its focus on amnesties during civil wars and their impact on conflict termination. I examine the conditions under which ...

    El cambio institucional en un Estado Compuesto y su relación con los cambios en la distribución de poder al interior de los partidos políticos 

    Betanzo de la Rosa, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2011-10-31)

    La actividad de investigación de este estudio doctoral se condensa en los tres artículos que aquí se presentan. Cada texto, desde una lógica de análisis distinta, hace una exploración tanto teórica como empírica de la ...

    Capital Social y participación ciudadana en Políticas Sociales: el caso de México 2000-2006 

    de la Rosa Rodríguez, José Javier (Date of defense: 2010-06-28)

    En esta tesis se analizan las relaciones entre los programas sociales, la Participación Ciudadana y el Capital Social, como orientaciones de las políticas sociales del gobierno federal mexicano en el período 2000-2006, a ...

    Causes and consequences of affective polarisation in comparative perspective 

    Comellas Bonsfills, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2022-03-11)

    This PhD dissertation adds to the literature that studies affective polarisation in comparative perspective. Citizens of democracies around the globe express substantive levels of hostility towards opposing parties, their ...

    Changing gendered expectations and diverging divorce trends : three papers on gender norms and partnership Dynamics 

    Pessin, Léa (Date of defense: 2016-07-07)

    The dissertation addresses how changes in gender norms influence demographic behaviors. It is composed of three articles. The first focuses on the macro-micro association between regional gender norms and couples' divorce ...

    Changing paradigms of women's labor market participation: cases of Denmark and the USA 

    Ratniece, Luïze (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)

    This thesis contributes to knowledge about gender differences in labor market attachment by using a longitudinal, life-course approach, and consists of three empirical articles. The first one establishes the profile of ...

    Cities in action: comparing local responses to irregular migrants in Europe 

    Özdemir, Gülce Şafak (Date of defense: 2023-11-23)

    This dissertation investigates the responses of European cities to irregular migrants. The first chapter uses a localist approach to understand variations in local policies and practices. A typology of urban solidarity is ...

    Competing for the centre ground the ideological bias on turnout 

    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 is higher on the left, ...

    Consequences of parental divorce and family structure on children's outcomes in European societies: individual, cohort and country explanations 

    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 explanations. In chapter ...

    Contamination effects in mixed-member electoral systems: a dissemination of measurement techniques 

    Gómez Díaz, Abelardo (Date of defense: 2022-11-29)

    This dissertation is about ‘contamination’, or the interaction between the two built-in arenas found in mixed-member electoral systems: the single-seat district (SSD) and proportional representation (PR) arenas. Contamination ...

    Couples’ Decisions and Retirement Age in Europe. A comparative study of three traditions of the Welfare State 

    Recuenco, Luis (Date of defense: 2013-07-15)

    This research analyses from a theoretical, empirical and comparative perspective couples’ decision-making and retirement ages within seven European Union-15 countries belonging to three Welfare State traditions: Social ...

    Cultural and structural explanations of fertility : the Spanish case at the beginning of the 21sr century 

    Delclós Gómez-Morán, Carlos Eric (Date of defense: 2014-09-22)

    Esta tesis analiza la natalidad en España a principios del S.XXI. Incluye tres capítulos empíricos sobre el impacto de los factores culturales sobre la natalidad, el impacto de los factores estructurales y culturales ...

    Culturally diversifying experiences: new methodologies, diverse samples, integrated perspectives 

    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 (experimentally ...

    La difusión de Programas de Transferencia Condicionada en América Latina 1990-2010 

    Osorio Gonnet, Cecilia (Date of defense: 2015-01-29)

    Los Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas (PTC) tienen como objetivo la superación de la pobreza proveyendo efectivo a los hogares de bajos ingresos, a condición de que las familias utilicen determinados servicios de ...

    The Diversity of union and fertility trajectories in the UK 

    Di Nallo, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2019-02-21)

    This thesis explores the increasing complexity in the life course in the United Kingdom. The first article illustrates the association between parents’ socio-economic position and children’s transition to first union and ...

    Educational institutions and their effect on inequality: three papers on educational systems and inequality of achievement and opportunity 

    Cimentada, Jorge (Date of defense: 2019-09-25)

    By placing particular attention to the socio-economic dimension, this thesis explores the role of three pillars of an educational system: decentralization, early education and curricular tracking. The first article focuses ...

    El análisis del nuevo discurso político. Acercamiento metodológico al estudio del discurso persuasivo audiovisual 

    Capdevila Gómez, Arantxa (Date of defense: 2002-07-03)

    La televisión se ha convertido en el medio de comunicación más influyente durante las campañas electorales. A través de ella los partidos políticos desarrollan sus estrategias persuasivas. Esta tesis toma como objeto de ...