Details about Guy Michaels

Homepage:	https://personal.lse.ac.uk/michaels/
Workplace:	Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics (LSE), (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, London School of Economics (LSE), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

The doctor will see you now: comparing online and in-person consultations
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

2024

Cities and the sea level
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2021) View citations (4)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021) View citations (2)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (4)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
See also Journal Article Cities and the sea level, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
Identifying Agglomeration Shadows: Long-Run Evidence from Ancient Ports
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2024) View citations (2)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2024)
Working Papers, University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics (2024) View citations (2)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2024)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (2)
Online versus In-Person Services: Effects on Patients and Providers
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2024)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2024)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024)

2023

Individual consequences of occupational decline
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (13)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2019) View citations (15)
Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2019) View citations (14)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2019) View citations (14)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (13)
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (15)
See also Journal Article Individual Consequences of Occupational Decline, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2021

Rising sea levels and the future of coastal cities
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)

2015

Robots at work: the impact on productivity and jobs
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (31)

2014

Can cities be trapped in bad locations?
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (113)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2011) View citations (25)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (15)
OxCarre Working Papers, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford (2011) View citations (12)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2011) View citations (12)
See also Journal Article Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (135) (2014)
Has ICT polarized skill demand? Evidence from eleven countries over 25 years
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (395)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (40)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2010) View citations (53)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (53)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (85)

2013

Do oil windfalls improve living standards? Evidence from Brazil
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (323)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (63)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2009) View citations (57)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2009) View citations (79)
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (65)
OxCarre Working Papers, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford (2009) View citations (67)
See also Journal Article Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (356) (2013)

2012

Giant oilfields and civil conflict
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2012)

2010

A Resource Curse? The impact of oil windfalls on living standards in Brazil
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010)
Challenges for research on resource-rich economies
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (2)
The shrinking middle
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2010) View citations (1)

2008

In brief: Freedom fries: When International Relations Damage International Trade
CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Urbanisation and Structural Transformation
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (2)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (50)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2008) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Urbanization and Structural Transformation, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2012) View citations (221) (2012)

2007

Freedom Fries
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (9)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2007) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Freedom Fries, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (59) (2010)
In brief: sharing the fruits of trade
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
The Division of Labor, Coordination, and the Demand for Information Processing
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (8)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (6)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (4)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (6)
The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income Distribution of Women with Children
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (15)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (6)
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (8)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income Distribution of Women with Children, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2008) View citations (57) (2008)
The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2007) View citations (34)
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (3)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006) View citations (48)
See also Journal Article The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill: Evidence from the Interstate Highway System, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2008) View citations (398) (2008)
The long term consequences of resource based specialization
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)
See also Journal Article The Long Term Consequences of Resource‐Based Specialisation, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2011) View citations (199) (2011)

2006

The Long-Term Consequences of Regional Specialization
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2006) View citations (7)
CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2006) View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2024

Cities and the sea level
Journal of Urban Economics, 2024, 143, (C)
See also Working Paper Cities and the sea level, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2024) (2024)

2023

Individual Consequences of Occupational Decline
The Economic Journal, 2023, 133, (654), 2178-2209 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper Individual consequences of occupational decline, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) View citations (4) (2023)

2021

Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long-Run Evidence from Tanzania
Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (7), 2112 - 2156 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long Run Evidence from Tanzania, CEPR Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (12) (2017)

2020

Flooded Cities
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12, (2), 35-66 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper Flooded cities, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2020) View citations (9) (2020)

2019

Task Specialization in U.S. Cities from 1880 to 2000
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17, (3), 754-798 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper Task specialization in U.S. cities from 1880-2000, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2019) View citations (13) (2019)

2018

Resetting the Urban Network: 117â€“2012
Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (608), 378-412 View citations (40)
Robots at Work
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (5), 753-768 View citations (379)
See also Working Paper Robots at work, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2018) View citations (258) (2018)

2017

Is Modern Technology Responsible for Jobless Recoveries?
American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 168-73 View citations (51)
See also Working Paper Is Modern Technology Responsible for Jobless Recoveries?, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (50) (2017)

2014

Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 110, (C), 139-157 View citations (135)
See also Working Paper Do giant oilfield discoveries fuel internal armed conflicts?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (113) (2014)
Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over Twenty-Five Years
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (1), 60-77 View citations (503)

2013

Do Oil Windfalls Improve Living Standards? Evidence from Brazil
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (1), 208-38 View citations (356)
See also Working Paper Do oil windfalls improve living standards? Evidence from Brazil, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2013) View citations (323) (2013)

2012

Urbanization and Structural Transformation
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (2), 535-586 View citations (221)
See also Working Paper Urbanisation and Structural Transformation, CEP Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)

2011

The Long Term Consequences of Resource‐Based Specialisation
Economic Journal, 2011, 121, (551), 31-57 View citations (199)
See also Working Paper The long term consequences of resource based specialization, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2007) View citations (8) (2007)

2010

Freedom Fries
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2, (3), 256-81 View citations (59)
See also Working Paper Freedom Fries, CEPR Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2008

The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income Distribution of Women with Children
Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (3), 611-629 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income Distribution of Women with Children, CEP Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (15) (2007)
The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill: Evidence from the Interstate Highway System
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (4), 683-701 View citations (398)
See also Working Paper The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System, CEPR Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (6) (2007)