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PROF M. SHIELDS



Contact Details

Organization: Economics
Position: PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/who/profile.cfm?sid=25
Work: 8344 3417
Fax: 8344 6899
Room: 441
Level: 04
Building: Economics And Commerce
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Health Economics, Labour Economics, Welfare United Kingdom, Australia, Germany

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Staffordshire University 01-Jul-1992
Master of Science University of York 01-Jul-1994
Doctor of Philosophy University of Leicester 01-Jan-1999

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Low skill workers in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2003
Understanding the Labour market for professional nurses: an economic analysis of skill shortages, nurse retention and turnover Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
Tackling nurse shortages in Australia Chief Investigator DEPT OF TREASURY & FINANCE,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2004
POLICY-RELATED LESSONS FROM THE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF LIFE SATISFACTION DATA IN AUSTRALIA Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
New Econometric Evidence on the Roles of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Lifestyle Choices in Determining Child and Adult Health Outcomes Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
Economic Modelling of the Nurses Labour Market in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/04/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Relative income, happiness and utility: An explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and other puzzles
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Economic Literature
    Volume: XLVI
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 95 - 144
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Reports

  • Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 3537
    Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)(Bonn)
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  • Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
    Year: 2008
    Report No:: 3604
    Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)(Bonn)
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Children as consumers: Investigating child diary expenditure data
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Economics
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 445-467
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  • The child health / family income gradient: Evidence from England
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Health Economics
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 213-232
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Reports

  • Childhood Economic Conditions and Length of Life: Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr Cohort, 1937-2005
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 3042
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
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  • Comparing Subjective and Objective Measures of Health: Evidence from Hypertension for the Income/Health Gradient
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 2737
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
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  • Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 2752
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
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  • Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: an Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
    Year: 2007
    Report No:: 2840
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Can the large swings in Russian life satisfaction be explained by ups and downs in real incomes?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Economics
    Volume: 108
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 433-458
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  • Investigating the quitting decision of nurses: Panel data evidence from the British National Health Service
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Health Economics
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 57-74
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Reports

  • Happiness and income: evidence, explanations and economic implications
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 2006 - 24
    Publisher: Paris - Jourdan Sciences Economiques(Paris)
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  • Quantifying the cost of passive smoking on child health: evidence from children's cotinine samples
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: 2219
    Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labour(Bonn)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological well-being and perceived social support in England
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A: Statistics in Society
    Volume: 168
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 513-537
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • Job search methods and their success: a comparison of immigrants and natives in the UK
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Economic Journal
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 507
    Page numbers: F359-F376
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • The causal effect of income on health: evidence from German reunification
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Health Economics
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 997-1017
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Reports

  • Socio-economic status, health shocks, life satisfaction and mortality: evidence from an increasing mixed proportional hazard model
    Year: 2005
    Report No:: 1488
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Addressing nurse shortages: what can policy makers learn from the econometric evidence on nurse labour supply?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: The Economic Journal
    Volume: 114
    Issue: 499
    Page numbers: F464-F498
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • Investigating the patterns and determinants of life satisfaction in Germany following reunification
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Human Resources
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 649-674
    Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, Journal Division
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  • Money does matter! Evidence from increasing real income and life satisfaction in East Germany following reunification
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Economic Review
    Volume: 94
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 730-740
    Publisher: American Economic Association
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  • The affect of problem drinking on employment: Evidence from England
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Health Economics
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 139-155
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Reports

Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Marriage, children and subjective well-being
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Eighth Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference - 'Step Forward for Families: Research, Practice and Policy'.
    Conference Publication: Step Forward for Families: Research, Practice and Policy
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Immigrant job search in the UK: evidence from the panel data
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 902
    Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labour(Bonn)
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  • Investigating the Role of Neighbourhood Characteristics in Determining Life Satisfaction
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 24/03
    Publisher: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research(Melbourne)
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    URL - open access http://eprints.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000401/
  • Investigating the quitting decision of nurses: panel data evidence from the British national health service
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 794
    Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labour(Bonn)
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  • Testing for employee discrimination using matched employer- employee data: theory and evidence
    Year: 2003
    Report No:: 807
    Publisher: Institute for the Study of Labour(Bonn)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Exploring the determinants of unhappiness for ethnic minority men in Britain
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Scottish Journal of Political Economy
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 445-466
    Publisher: Blackwell
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  • Investigating the economic and demographic determinants of sporting participation in England
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A: Statistics in Society
    Volume: 165
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 335-348
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • Racial harassment, job satisfaction and intentions to quit
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Economica
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 295-326
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  • The determinants of racial harassment at the workplace: Evidence from the British nursing profession
    Year: 2002
    Journal: British Journal of Industrial Relations
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Oxford)
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  • The effect of language fluency on the wages of immigrant men in England
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Population Economics
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 137-160
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Reports

  • Individual rationality and learning: welfare expectations in East Germany post-reunification
    Year: 2002
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    Report No:: 498
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
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  • The value of reunification in Germany: an analysis of changes in life satisfaction
    Year: 2002
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    Report No:: 419
    Publisher: IZA(Bonn)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Language fluency and employment prospects: Evidence from Britain's ethnic minorities


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Applied Economic Letters
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 741-745
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  • Improving nurse retention in the British National Health Service:  The impact of job satisfaction on intentions to quit
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Health Economics
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 677-701
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  • The impact of alcohol use on occupational attainment and wages
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Economica
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 427-453
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Reports

  • The value of reunification in Germany: an analysis of changes in life satisfaction.
    Year: 2001
    Customer: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
    Report No:: 828
    Publisher: Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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