Abstract: In each of the following chapters, macro models are developed to explore the impact of technological progress on the household. Chapter 1 focuses on the impact of technological progress in transportation on suburbanization. In this chapter, a model of a city is developed in which...

Labor market performance varies greatly across countries while, within countries, individuals have very different labor market experiences. The purpose of this dissertation is to document these features and propose a modelling framework that can help us understand the observations. In Chapter...

This dissertation can be divided into two parts. The first part is motivated by two trends that occurred during the second half of the twentieth century. First, there was a persistent rising trend in medical spending. Second, there was a significant increase in longevity. Chapter 1 presents a...

General equilibrium models are used to explore the interactions between macroeconomics and the two components of population growth: natural increase and net-migration. The first questions at hand are: What caused the baby boom? Can it be explained within the context of the decline in fertility...