This thesis consists of three independent research projects aimed at gaining a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying labor markets. The unifying themes of the thesis are the theoretical modeling and estimation approaches, which are similar in all three chapters. In the first chapter, co-authored with Helene Turon and Fabien Postel-Vi nay, we develop and estimate a structural model that incorporates a sizable public sector in a labor market with search frictions. The wage distribution and the employment rate in the public sector are taken as exogenous policy parameters. The model is estimated on British data. We use the model to simulate the impact of various counterfactual public sector wage and employment policies. The next chapter, co-authored with Daniel Borowczyk-Martins and Linas Tarasonis, assesses racial prejudice as a source to explain employment and wage differentials between white and black workers. We estimate the model with US data using methods of indirect inference. Finally, I develop and estimate a general equilibrium model with the option of taking up self-employment. The model incorporates self-employed workers, some of whom hire paid employees, in an equilibrium model of the labor market. Employment rates and earnings distributions are determined endogenously and are estimated to match their empirical counterparts. The model is estimated using the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:684913 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Bradley, Jake |
| Publisher | University of Bristol |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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