The aim of this dissertation is to highlight the importance of re-contextualizing the individual in economic analysis. In particular, the emphasis is placed on human relationality in its non-instrumental form for the study ...

Recent literature of industry dynamics has considered productivity as one of the main source of firm heterogeneity that determines firm performance and growth. The goal of the first chapter on my thesis is to consider ...

This thesis sheds new light on the link between gender inequality and intrahousehold bargaining power with respect to health-related outcomes, human capital, labour market and fertility. Gender specialisation and ...

Questa tesi applica strumenti dall'analisi dinamica per rispondere a domande relative ai comportamenti di pensionamento e / o ai mercati immobiliari. Nel primo capitolo intitolato “Long-Term Care Insurance, Housing Demand, ...

In this dissertation, we study three issues in Chinese reforms and household saving decisions. In Chapter 1, we review the existing studies on the relation between various of the Chinese reforms and the household saving ...

This dissertation addresses two main challenges for the Economics of social protection in Europe, namely, the measurement of multidimensional vulnerability conditions and the interplay between the public and the family ...