This dissertation is comprised of three essays that examine various aspects of macroeconomics linked to labor economics. The first essay develops an understanding of how, in addition to search frictions, labor heterogeneity can influence aggregate labor-market fluctuations, and, in particular,...

This study examines the influence of select macroeconomic variables and globalization variables on the volume of patented innovations in five industrialized OECD countries (the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan, and Australia) and in five emerging countries known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,...

Los modelos DSGE modernos están microfundamentados, y sus parámetros son estructurales, así que en principio deberían ser invariantes ante cambios de política económica y no estar sujetos a la crítica de Lucas. Pero la literatura ha encontrado que problemas de especificación generan...