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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 38 Citations 11,741 108 World Ranking 1483 National Ranking 39

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Social science
  • Poverty
  • Social psychology

His primary scientific interests are in Demographic economics, Happiness, Life satisfaction, Demography and Applied economics. His research investigates the connection between Demographic economics and topics such as Consumption that intersect with problems in Personal income, Happiness economics, Investment, Public economics and Affect. As a part of the same scientific study, Michael A. Shields usually deals with the Happiness, concentrating on Social comparison theory and frequently concerns with Economic growth.

His Life satisfaction study incorporates themes from Panel data and Actuarial science. His Demography research focuses on Family income and how it relates to Quality of life. His Easterlin paradox study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Gross domestic product and Economic model.

His most cited work include:

  • Relative income, happiness, and utility : an explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles (1904 citations)
  • Improving nurse retention in the National Health Service in England: the impact of job satisfaction on intentions to quit. (472 citations)
  • Money does matter! Evidence from increasing real income and life satisfaction in East Germany following reunification (450 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Demographic economics, Life satisfaction, Socioeconomic status, Developmental psychology and Mental health. His Demographic economics research includes elements of Endogeneity, Panel data, Affect and Unemployment. His Endogeneity study also includes fields such as

  • Labour economics and Consumption most often made with reference to Instrumental variable,
  • Covariate which intersects with area such as Ordered probit.

His Life satisfaction research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Actuarial science and Happiness. His research in Happiness focuses on subjects like Social comparison theory, which are connected to Economic model. His study looks at the intersection of Developmental psychology and topics like Family income with Child age.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Demographic economics (45.58%)
  • Life satisfaction (23.72%)
  • Socioeconomic status (23.72%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Mental health (22.79%)
  • Demographic economics (45.58%)
  • Socioeconomic status (23.72%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Mental health, Demographic economics, Socioeconomic status, Demography and Causality. His work deals with themes such as Big Five personality traits, School type and Finance, which intersect with Mental health. His Demographic economics research includes themes of Panel data, Fixed effects model, Actuarial science and Affect.

His Panel data research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Endogeneity and Compensation. Michael A. Shields interconnects Life satisfaction, Unobservable and Instrumental variable in the investigation of issues within Actuarial science. His Developmental psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Family income and Consistency, Social psychology.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The socioeconomic gradient in physical inactivity: Evidence from one million adults in England (41 citations)
  • THE EFFECT OF MENTAL HEALTH ON EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIAN PANEL DATA (40 citations)
  • Maternal gender role attitudes, human capital investment, and labour supply of sons and daughters (34 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social science
  • Poverty
  • Unemployment

Michael A. Shields focuses on Socioeconomic status, Mental health, Demographic economics, Life satisfaction and Actuarial science. His work on Area deprivation as part of general Socioeconomic status research is frequently linked to Developmental psychology, Health assessment, Family income and Household income, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. Michael A. Shields carries out multidisciplinary research, doing studies in Demographic economics and Causality.

He combines subjects such as Economic indicator and Financial crisis with his study of Life satisfaction. His studies in Actuarial science integrate themes in fields like Panel data and Investment. His study in Panel data is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Endogeneity and Compensation.

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Best Publications

Relative income, happiness, and utility : an explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles

Andrew E. Clark;Paul Frijters;Michael A. Shields.
Journal of Economic Literature (2008)

3882 Citations

Relative income, happiness, and utility : an explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles

Andrew E. Clark;Paul Frijters;Michael A. Shields.
Journal of Economic Literature (2008)

3882 Citations

Money does matter! Evidence from increasing real income and life satisfaction in East Germany following reunification

Paul Frijters;John P Haisken-DeNew;Michael A Shields.
The American Economic Review (2004)

792 Citations

Money does matter! Evidence from increasing real income and life satisfaction in East Germany following reunification

Paul Frijters;John P Haisken-DeNew;Michael A Shields.
The American Economic Review (2004)

792 Citations

Improving nurse retention in the National Health Service in England: the impact of job satisfaction on intentions to quit.

Michael A. Shields;Melanie Ward.
Journal of Health Economics (2001)

743 Citations

Improving nurse retention in the National Health Service in England: the impact of job satisfaction on intentions to quit.

Michael A. Shields;Melanie Ward.
Journal of Health Economics (2001)

743 Citations

The causal effect of income on health: Evidence from German reunification

Paul Frijters;John P. Haisken-DeNew;Michael A. Shields.
Journal of Health Economics (2005)

449 Citations

The causal effect of income on health: Evidence from German reunification

Paul Frijters;John P. Haisken-DeNew;Michael A. Shields.
Journal of Health Economics (2005)

449 Citations

Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological well‐being and perceived social support in England

Michael A. Shields;Stephen Wheatley Price.
Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-statistics in Society (2005)

358 Citations

Exploring the economic and social determinants of psychological well‐being and perceived social support in England

Michael A. Shields;Stephen Wheatley Price.
Journal of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-statistics in Society (2005)

358 Citations

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