Torre Fernández, Margarita (Date of defense: 2011-05-26)
This dissertation seeks to expand and refine our understanding of sex-segregation in the labor market. The rapid changes in women’s roles that have taken place in recent decades have made traditional ...
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 ...
Billingsley, Sunnee (Date of defense: 2009-09-23)
In this thesis, I analyze the contribution of the economic context to the fertility and mortality crises that took place across the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe during the transition ...
Rutigliano, Roberta (Date of defense: 2017-11-30)
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 ...
Ozcan, Berkay (Date of defense: 2008-10-31)
My dissertation aims to improve our understanding of why and how couple dynamics and marital transitions affect four critical economic outcomes: household savings, labour supply, transition to self-employment ...
Gracia, Pablo (Date of defense: 2012-07-10)
Esta tesis doctoral investiga cómo el cuidado parental varía por educación, género, clase social y países. Se usan datos de uso del tiempo para Gran Bretaña, Dinamarca, Flandes y España. Éstos son los ...
Kucel, Aleksander (Date of defense: 2009-07-20)
Esta tesis estudia la sobre-educación en el mercado de trabajo en España y el Reino Unido. Utilizando la base de datos Labor Force Survey primero se investiga si la sobre-educación tiene una influencia ...
Seiz Puyuelo, Marta (Date of defense: 2014-04-07)
This thesis analyzes whether there is an interdependence, at the intra-couple level, between men’s housework and childcare participation and women’s employment and economic position. The first empirical ...
Boertien, Diederik (Date of defense: 2013-07-10)
This thesis consists of three empirical papers that all study relationship processes and their effects on divorce. Of particular interest is the role that socio-economic resources play in this story. ...
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 ...