EUI Theses: Recent submissions
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Title:New consumer desires : consumption in fifteenth century Catalonia. The cases of Barcelona, Vic and Amer Author(s):PALAREA MARIMON, Aina
Date:2023Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2023Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:In 1952, at the Symposium on the Renaissance held at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roberto Lopez claimed that, after a long period of economic expansion, the Italian economy experienced a ‘great depression’ ...
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Title:Beyond the mother-child dyad : three studies on the role of "others" in improving child wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa Author(s):PUGLISI, Chiara
Date:2023Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2023Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation is composed of three empirical chapters contributing to our understanding of how individuals other than the mother can improve child health and survival. For these studies, I employ Demographic and Health ...
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Title:Selection or moderation? : three essays on educational inequalities Author(s):ESPADAFOR, Mar C.Date:2023Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2023Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social SciencesAbstract:This dissertation is a collection of three empirical studies motivated by the persistent intergenerational transmission of educational inequalities worldwide. Focusing on the first educational transitions in Spain, the ...
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Title:The Union of Numbers : international statistical harmonization and the European communities 1950-1979 Author(s):WIEMAN, GuusDate:2023Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2023Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis analyses how ongoing European economic integration affected practices of international statistical harmonization at the level of the European Communities between the 1950s and late 1970s. This study is made up ...
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Title:Essays in empirical macroeconomics Author(s):SALZMANN, OliverDate:2022Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2022Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of EconomicsAbstract:This thesis covers three topics in empirical macroeconomics. The first chapter, joint with David Dorn and Philipp Kircher, investigates the effect of national industry shocks on local employment. By providing a novel ...
