My PhD thesis can be downloaded from the University of Essex's research repository. The MATLAB and Stata codes are being (slowly) uploaded on my GitHub page and can be requested via email.
Under the supervision of Prof. Christian Ghiglino, my first chapter explores the relationship between skill distribution and economic performance. In particular, I investigate how different educational compositions affect GDP per worker, in a variety of functional specifications and parameters. My research comprises of comparing different versions of the neoclassical growth model, applying simulation-based estimation to evaluate each model against cross-country data. I presented the first chapter of my thesis "Skilled and unskilled labour: Are they worth their weight in growth?" at the RES 2019 Conference in Warwick and at the EEA 2018 Congress in Cologne. Feedback is most welcome.
Under the co-supervision of Alex Clymo, my second and third chapters of my PhD thesis develop a neoclassical input-output model to investigate the effect across industries of skill supply and import prices shocks. Given that goods are more than ever produced using a complex combination of international inputs, therefore relying on a global productive structure, I believe it is paramount to study both domestic and foreign interconnections when studying exogenous supply shocks on an economy.
In my Master's project, I focused on the relationship between skills and labour market outcomes at the micro level. More specifically, I aimed at uncovering whether we had or not observed polarization in Brazil, using the same task-based groups of occupation as the seminal literature. The project can be accessed here: Is that where you work or what you do? Understanding job polarization in Brazil. Please request its data documentation by email, so I can send you the full report as well the Stata codes used to produce the task-based groups of occupation using the classifications applied by PNAD. Feedback is most welcome.