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The relation between electricity and natural gas spot prices in Spain: cointegration and volatility spill-over analysis
(2021)
The relation between electricity and natural gas prices got increased attention recently, after their joint rise in many European countries. The present Master Thesis explains the theoretical relation between both markets ...
Gender gap in the energy sector. Evidence from Spain
(2021)
The energy transition is at the heart of the current energy debate and its social dimension is becoming more relevant in the latest policy developments. This Master Thesis aims to develop the research on one of the ...
Green jobs in the Spanish renewable energy sectors: an input-output approach
(2020)
After the Paris agreement, the transition to a low carbon economy is at the heart of
the debate of the European energy and climate policy. One of the central targets of this
transformation proposes changes in the energy ...
Impact of the phase out of French nuclear plants on the Spanish electricity market
(2020)
One of the key elements in the transition to low carbon economies is the phase-out of fossil-fuel based technologies. Nuclear power, despite not being a high emitting source, is one of the technologies at the heart of the ...
Who bears the risk? Analyzing the strategic interaction between regulators and investors when setting incentives for renewable electricity
(2020)
Energy policies for promoting investment in renewable energy sources have become crucial for deploying
different green energy technologies. Depending on their design, the conventional incentive systems assign
the risk ...
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 ...
The demand for health services in Spain: does having private insurance matter?
(2021)
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the question of whether there exists any difference in the use of the Spanish healthcare services between privately and publicly insured individuals. The analysis is carried out ...
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 ...