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This dissertation combines three essays studying the relationship between fertility decisions and labor market inequality. The first chapter studies the effect of providing abortions for free on women's fertility decisions and career outcomes. The second chapter looks at the imp…
This dissertation focuses on the sustainability of the South African Government’s privatisation policy, and to which extent it is able to facilitate access to water and sanitation for all the citizens. After the demise of apartheid in 1994, the new African National Congress-led …
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What explains the variation in industrialization strategies across countries? In this thesis paper, I explore the influence of the business environment and economic elites in the varieties of industrial policy. I theorize that differences in how firms are integrated into an econ…
This thesis studies the risk-taking behavior of banks, classified according to their ownership status and deposit collectability, operating in Turkey for the sample period 2004-2020. The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether the risk-taking behavior of development and inv…
This dissertation examines Colombia’s socioeconomic stratification system (SES), anofficial scheme to classify the country’s housing stock into six strata in order to crosssubsidizeutility rates. Established in law in 1994, the SES assigns strata to residentialbuildings based on…
In this thesis, I examine the health, welfare, and distributional implications of the society's institutions and public policies in three separate chapters. In the first chapter, I show that exposure to Muslim religious fasting month during gestation results in significant decli…
In the context of this study, we are exploring the relationship of the organization with its environment. More precisely, we are seeking to understand the behaviour of multinational corporations (MNCs) in developing countries. The value of this study is in highlighting the inter…