Browsing Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften by Advisor & Referee "Strulik, Holger Prof. Dr."
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Essays in quantitative economics: Improvements in measurements and macroeconomic analysis
(2023-12-22)This thesis highlights opportunities and challenges related to the use of data in empirical economics. The interpretation of data is the primary tool we as economists have at our disposal to calibrate our models and test ... -
Well-Being and Shocks: Challenges in Poverty Measurement and Analysis
(2023-11-17)Goal 1 of the Sustainable Development Goals calls for a world free of poverty in 2030. Over the last decades, the world has made much progress in reducing poverty. However, COVID-19 has shown that these gains can be reversed ... -
Four Essays on Health and Nutrition of Indian Women and Children
(2022-10-05)This cumulative doctoral thesis consists of four research manuscripts (hereafter essays). Essay 1: Using a nationally representative dataset for India, this study sets up a quasi-experimental study design – instrumental ... -
Essays on Technological Change and Trade in Development Economics
(2022-06-16)This thesis analyzes how trade and technological change affect economic development. Chapter 1 investigates how domestic and foreign automation impact an emerging economy. Regions in Brazil which are more exposed to foreign ... -
From Bonded Laborers to Educated Citizens? Immigration, Labor Markets, and Human Capital in São Paulo, Brazil (1820-2010)
(2019-05-23)The thesis studies the consequences of the Age of Mass Migration (1820-1920) for the socioeconomic development of the province/state of São Paulo, Brazil, in the short and long run. The determinants of immigration and the ... -
Topics in Macroeconomics
(2018-11-26)This dissertation consists of three independent articles. The first chapter “Giants and Midgets: the Effect of Public Goods’ Provision on Urban Population Concentration” analyses population distribution within a system of ... -
Multidimensional Perspectives on Poverty
(2016-10-24)Concurrent to the widespread use of traditional income or consumption based measures for determining human development, there has been growing interest in the economics of happiness since the late 70s. Likewise, there is ...