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Employment and the risk of domestic violence
(2022)In this master’s thesis we study the effect on the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) for women of the emplyoment status of herself, her partner and income to- gether with a set of exogenous sociodemographic factors. ... -
The swing of the inflation dynamics across OECD countries
(2022)In recent business cycles, U.S. inflation has experienced a reduction in inflation volatility, inflation persistence and, a severe weakening of the correlation with nominal interest (Gibson's paradox). This project concludes ... -
Estimation of the price elasticity of the Spanish households’ electricity demand
(2022)In the past few months the electricity price has considerably increased in Spain due to major international crises which lead to instability in the market. To understand better how Spanish households change their consumption ... -
Labor market transitions and the emancipation of young people
(2022)Youth emancipation is defined as the state of independence that young people achieve when they have a job and can afford housing independent of their parents. In the last decade, Spain shows a growing number of young people ... -
Improving the understanding of individual and household characteristics in the analysis of poverty in Bolivia
(2022)This thesis aims to determine to what extent differences in individual and household characteristics within the same country affect the poverty of different areas of Bolivia or different social groups. The analysis is ... -
A discriminatory auction for the day-ahead electricity market: its effect on windfall profits
(2022-07-29)The main goal of the present Master Thesis is to analyze the Spanish elec- tricity day-ahead market from the design perspective, which like most European countries follows a uniform auction. Indeed, the price is set by the ... -
The gender pay gap in Spain: A machine learning approach
(2023)This thesis investigates the gender pay gap in Spain using Machine Learning (ML) techniques to provide insights and predictive models to understand and address this persistent problem. This study uses a large dataset that ... -
Robotization in Spanish firms: The impact of automation
(2023)Based on the studies conducted by Acemoglu, Lelarge, and Restrepo (2020) and Koch, Manuylov, and Smolka (2021), this article aims to assess the short-term impact of robot adoption on the performance of Spanish manufacturing ... -
Subjective well-being and consumption: defining the relationship and exploring the effects of overconsumption
(2023)Previous economic studies on subjective well-being have primarily focused on income, and limited research has been conducted on the relationship between consumption and subjective well-being, which lies at the core of ... -
The Fiscal Implications of Energy Transition in the Transport Sector: A Case Study of the Basque Country
(2023)This Master Thesis analyses the socioeconomic and fiscal challenges that arise from the transition towards a climate-neutral economy by 2050 in the Basque Country. The research focuses on the gradual elimination of fossil ... -
Spanish income mobility in the period 2017-2020
(2023)Income mobility is a dynamic phenomenon that may pave the way for the establishment of egalitarian societies aimed at enhancing the global welfare of the individuals and dismantling social and economic concerns such as ... -
Evolvement of a household’s income after retirement: A microeconomic study into French and Spanish households
(2023)Replacement rates are an effective way to analyze how income evolves following the retirement of an individual as the ratio of pre- and post-retirement income. Individuals generally live in a multi-person household, which ... -
Understanding segregation patterns in Chilean primary schools
(2023)This study aims to achieve two primary objectives to comprehend segregation patterns in Chilean primary schools. To fulfill these goals, we compute the school segregation index (SSI) to assess the distribution of students ...