Michael A. Shields

Research Fellow

Monash University

michael.shields@monash.edu

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Research Interests

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.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17409

Inequity in Child Mental Healthcare Use

Nicole Black, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields, Trong-Anh Trinh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17274

Evidence on the Robustness of the Links between Social Relationships and Mortality

Rosanne Freak-Poli, Stephen P. Jenkins, Michael A. Shields, Trong-Anh Trinh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17101

The Importance of Sampling Frequency for Estimates of Well-Being Dynamics

Stephen Hoskins, David W. Johnston, Johannes S. Kunz, Michael A. Shields, Kevin E. Staub

published in: Economics Letters, 2024, 242, 111880

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17023

Heterogeneity in the Persistence of Health: Evidence from a Monthly Micro Panel

Stephen Hoskins, David W. Johnston, Johannes S. Kunz, Michael A. Shields, Kevin E. Staub

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14731

Economic Gradients in Social Health in Britain

Claryn S. J. Kung, Stephen Pudney, Michael A. Shields

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

Who is Resilient in a Time of Crisis? The Importance of Financial and Non-Financial Resources

David W. Johnston, Claryn S. J. Kung, Michael A. Shields

published in: Health Economics, 2021, 30 (12), 3051 - 3073

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13616

The Economic Impacts of Direct Natural Disaster Exposure

Meliyanni Johar, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields, Peter Siminski, Olena Stavrunova

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 196, 26-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13091

Macroeconomic Conditions and Health in Britain: Aggregation, Dynamics and Local Area Heterogeneity

Katharina Janke, Kevin Lee, Carol Propper, Kalvinder Shields, Michael A. Shields

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13063