PhD in Applied Economics

Academic year 2025-26

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You may also check this information for the 2024-25 academic year.

Degree data and benchmarks

Below are the main data and benchmarks, as well as the results of the satisfaction surveys for the degree programme, which are periodically analysed and monitored by the centre administrator, the head of studies and the corresponding quality assurance commissions, with a view to promoting the ongoing improvement of the programme.

 

Satisfaction of groups involved

Satisfaction index

 
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Student satisfaction - - 3,50 3,75 3,14
PDI satisfaction 3,00 3,00 3,00 3,00 2,71
PAS satisfaction 3,00 - - - 3,00

Description

Student, PDI and PAS satisfaction levels are rated on a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 means ‘not at all satisfied’ and 4 means ‘very satisfied’. They are obtained from the following surveys:

  • Survey of student satisfaction with the study programme (yearly)
  • Survey of satisfaction and identification of needs of teaching and research staff (PDI) (yearly)
  • Biennial survey of satisfaction and identification of needs of administrative and service staff (PAS) who have supported undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

 

Survey participation rates

 
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Student participation rate 18 % 8 % 67 % 36 % 43 %
PDI participation rate 36 % 64 % 50 % 44 % 54 %
PAS participation rate 50 % - - - 47 %

Description

Only the data that meet a double criterion of representativeness have been considered valid: on one hand, reaching 4 answered surveys and, on the other hand, that the number of answered surveys is equal to or greater than 15% of the population

Thesis

Link to the institutional repository (DSPACE)

Year Thesis
2024
  • Introduint el turisme a les illes del mediterrani occidental
  • La contribución de la Economía Social a la sostenibilidad (Una revisión metodológica para el análisis económico)
  • The China shock in Africa: Cross-country evidence of the effects of import competition on manufacturing employment
  • Three Essays on the Modelling of Policy Coordination
2021
  • Essays on Macroeconomic Dynamics: a Classical-Keynesian Approach
2020
  • Three essays on peer-to-peer markets: the case of Airbnb.
2019
  • New contributions on the determinants of International Tourism Demand: Weather, Travel Diseases and Income
  • Utilización de datos masivos para la evaluación del desempeño del Sistema Nacional de Salud
2015
  • "Challenges in Economic Valuation of Wetland Protection under Climate Change Impacts"