Faculty & Staff
Michael Carr, PhD
- Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Liberal Arts
- Telephone: 617.287.6953
- Email: michael.carr@umb.edu
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100 Morrissey Blvd. Office Location: Wheatley Hall,5th Floor, Rm 26
Areas of Expertise
Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics, Workplace Democracy
Degrees
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professional Publications & Contributions
- Michael Carr, 2012. Local Area Inequality and Worker Well-Being" forthcoming Review of Social Economy
Michael Carr and Phil Melizzo, 2012. The Relative Eect of Voice, Autonomy, and the Wage on Satisfaction with Work" forthcoming International Journal of Human Resource Management
Michael Carr, 2011. Work Hours and Wage Inequality: Evidence from the 2004 WERS. Journal of Socio Economics, 40(4), 417-427
Additional Information
Michael Carr's research and teaching covers a broad range of topics on labor market structure, workplace democracy, and job quality. His recent work uses experiments and surveys to investigate the effect of worker autonomy in the workplace on job satisfaction, worker performance, and firm performance. Currently, he teaches Microeconomics, Labor Economics, and Behavioral Economics.
