Union formation in times of social and economic change [Elektronische Ressource] : evidence from the Bulgarian and Russian GGS / vorgelegt von Dora G. Kostova
Union formation in times of social and economic change: Evidence from the Bulgarian and Russian GGS Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum politicaruim (Dr. rer. pol.) der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Rostock vorgelegt von Dora G. Kostova, geb. am 05.4.1973 in Cherno more aus Rostock Rostock, September 2008 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2009-0195-4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It was my first supervisor in Bulgaria, Penka Naidenova, who advised me to study cohabitation as a newly emerged phenomenon in Bulgaria. Soon after, Tatyana Kotzeva, who was my director in the Center for Population Studies in Sofia, Bulgaria, encouraged me to apply first as a winter fellow, and later as a PhD student, to the Laboratory of Contemporary European Fertility and Family Dynamics at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Many people helped me through the various stages of developing and writing this research project, and I would like to express my gratitude to them. First of all, I particularly want to thank Jan Hoem for giving me the opportunity to reside at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. I have learned a lot from his knowledge, his excellent advice, and his great sense of humor. I have greatly profited from Gunnar Andersson’s teaching and helpful comments at different stages of my work.