Michael A. Shields

Research Fellow

Monash University

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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. 4830
Is There an Income Gradient in Child Health? It Depends Whom You Ask
David W. Johnston, Carol Propper, Stephen Pudney, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), 2014, 177, 807-827.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4774
Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY
David W. Johnston, Michael E. R. Nicholls, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (4), 841-860
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3604
Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields
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
Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(3), 97–110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3042
Childhood Economic Conditions and Length of Life: Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr Cohort, 1937–2005
Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Timothy J. Hatton, Richard M. Martin
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (1), 39-47
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2840
Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
Andrew E. Clark, Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2752
Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development
David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
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
Comparing Subjective and Objective Measures of Health: Evidence from Hypertension for the Income/Health Gradient
David W. Johnston, Carol Propper, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28 (3), 540 - 552
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2219
Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples
Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields, Stephen Wheatley Price, Jenny Williams
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
Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model
Paul Frijters, John de New, Michael A. Shields
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
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