As imposed lockdowns take place in the whole world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, business ecosystems are being hit severely. The private higher education business ecosystem is no exception to this rule. The inability to respond to these subtle changes brought by the crisis in an agile, resilient...

Spanish abstract: El tema surge del interés por entender el alcance urbano de la globalización en un país como Colombia; un contexto socioespacial que contiene un sin fin de dinámicas que se dan en diferentes escalas. Con base en ello, el trabajo realizado en la investigación se centró en...

Connectivity plays a key role in today’s economy and increasingly so as the Internet of Things develops. Standards, as enablers of connectivity, are central to this development. The fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks (5G) is pushing new industries to consider access to...

This dissertation considers some of the causes of inequality in income, wealth and health. The dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters which all study different but important dimensions of inequality in developed economies. The chapters therefore naturally differ both in the...

This dissertation contains three self-contained chapters. They are united by the dynamic economic models that are either studied theoretically or applied empirically. The first two were written in collaboration with co-authors. The first chapter is about the theoretical properties of the value...

This PhD dissertation consists of four self-contained chapters. The first two chapters study how the design of public pension systems affect individuals' behavior. The first chapter studies how pension eligibility ages impact the retirement behavior of couples. The second chapter explores how...

How do policy makers help jobseekers transition out of unemployment? As unemployment is costly for the individual and inefficient for society, this is a question of utmost importance. Today, many OECD countries rely on active labor market policies (ALMPs) in their efforts to easen jobseekers'...

Since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, smartphones have become an integrated part of human life. Smartphones are excellent tools that help us access information, coordinate journeys, connect with friends and family, and much, much more. However, in parallel with the proliferation of...