Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University of Melbourne
I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of development, health, and behavioral economics. I study how poor mental health and sleep shape household dynamics, economic behavior, and productivity, and how psychotherapy can ease these constraints.
In April 2026, I will be in Germany as a Visiting Fellow and guest lecturer at the CINCH Health Economics Research Center, co-hosted by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the University Duisburg-Essen.
You can find my full CV here and my Job Market Paper here.
Email: michelle.escobarcarias@unimelb.edu.au
University of Melbourne
Department of Economics
Level 4, FBE Building
111 Barry Street
Carlton VIC 3010
Australia