Assoc Prof Michael Shields
PhD (Leicester)
Biography
Michael Shields is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Research School for Social Sciences (RSSS) at the Australian National University and a Research Fellow at the IZA in Bonn. His research is in the areas of applied health and labour economics, with particular interest in the socio-economic determinants of health and happiness. He is also a Research Fellow in the Centre for the Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at University College London, and an affiliate of the Health Econometrics Data Group (HEDG) at the University of York.
Research Interests
- Labour Economics
- Health Economics
- Microeconometrics
Teaching responsibilities
- 316-326 Economic Analysis and Policy
- 316-475 Economics Research Essay