Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, on the 2025–2026 job market
I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of development economics, health economics, 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 January 2026, I will be based in Europe for the job market season, and 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