Forschungsinteressen
Michael A. Shields is based in the Centre for Health Economics at Monash University. His research is mainly in the areas of applied health and labour economics, with particular interest in the socio-economic determinants of health and wellbeing.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.
IZA-Publikationen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17409
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17274
forthcoming in: Demography, 2026
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17101
published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 242, 111880
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14731
published as 'Economic gradients in loneliness, social isolation and social support: Evidence from the UK Biobank' in: Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 306, 115122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13720
published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (12), 3051 - 3073
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13616
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 196, 26-39
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13091
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13063
published as 'Measuring resilience to major life events' in: Elsevier Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 191, 598-619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11353
published as 'The causal effect of education on chronic health conditions in the UK' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70, 102252
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11251
published as 'Macroeconomic Shocks, Job Security, and Health from the Mining Industry' in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 6 (3), 348-371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9311
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128, 1545-69.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8852
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 45, 12-26.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7545
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 47, 34-49.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6656
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66 (3), 631-659
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6014
published as "Exploring the intergenerational persistence of mental health: Evidence from three generations" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32 (6), 1077-1089
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5874
Child Mental Health and Educational Attainment: Multiple Observers and the Measurement Error Problem
published in: BJIR, 2014, 29 (6), 880-900
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5819
published as 'Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction? Evidence from British Cohort Surveys' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F688-F719
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5153
published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (6), 2187-2208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4830
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), 2014, 177, 807-827.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4774
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (4), 841-860
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3604
published as 'Life Satisfaction Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113 (1), 190 - 211
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3537
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(3), 97–110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3042
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (1), 39-47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2840
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2752
revised version published (with Michael E.R. Nicholls) as 'Nature's Experiment? Handedness and Early Childhood Development' in: Demography, 2009, 46 (2), 281 - 301
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2737
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (3), 540 - 552
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2219
revised version published in: Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-Statistics In Society, 174 (1) 2011, 195-212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1488
revised version published as 'The Increasingly Mixed Proportional Hazard Model: An Application to Socioeconomic Status, Health Shocks, and Mortality' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2011, 29 (2), 271-281
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1328
Alison Currie, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (2), 213-232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1164
IZA Discussion Paper No. 902
published in: Economic Journal, 2005, 115 (507), F359-376
IZA Discussion Paper No. 807
IZA Discussion Paper No. 794
published in: Health Economics, 2007, 16 (1), 57-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 498
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42 (4), 1326 - 1346
IZA Discussion Paper No. 419
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39 (3), 649-674
IZA Discussion Paper No. 396
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2005, 168 (3), 513-538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 388
Lisa Farrell, Michael A. Shields
published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2007, 40 (2), 445-467
IZA Discussion Paper No. 166
published in: Economica, August 2001, 68 (271), 427-453
IZA Discussion Paper No. 164
published in: Economica, 2002, 69(274), 295-326
IZA Discussion Paper No. 118
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20(5), 677-801
IZA Discussion Paper No. 85
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 62 (s1), 801-835
