Michael Dobbie
- Title: Doctor
- Position: Senior Lecturer - Department of Economics
- Qualifications: BEc DipEd La Trobe, MEc Syd, PhD, Macq.
Contact Details
- Ph: (61-2) 9850 8502
- Email
Michael Dobbie
- Fax: (+61-2) 9850 8586
- Room: 416, building: E4A
Profile
Michael Dobbie has degrees from Latrobe University, Sydney University and Macquarie University. His PhD, awarded by Macquarie University, was entitled, "Insiders and Outsiders: Wage Setting Institutions and the Persistence of Unemployment in Australia".
Michael was previously employed as an Economic Research and Corporate Planning Officer for the Melbourne City Council, and as a tutor in economics at Sydney University.
PhD Student Supervision
- Principal Supervisor of Peter Davey - PhD-Economics Research - Full Time
Research Interests
Labour market economics
Student Supervision
Michael has supervised the honours dissertations of four students.
Publications
Macquarie Economics Research Papers
- December 1997: “Hysteresis and Unemployment”
- September 2004: “The Insider-Outsider Theory: Some Evidence from Australia”
- September 2004: “Hysteresis and Insider-Outsider Theory: A Literature Review”
Refereed Journal Articles
- "The Insider-Outsider Theory: Some Evidence from Australia", Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 8, Number 2, June 2005.
- "Insider Power, Outsider Ineffectiveness and Product Market Competition: Evidence from Australia", Review of Applied Economics, Volume 2, Number 1 2006.
- “Insider Power, Outsider Ineffectiveness and Wage Setting Institutions: Evidence from Australia” Australian Bulletin of Labour, Volume 32, Issue 4, 2006, pp421-449.
- “Peer-Assisted Learning in Accounting: A Qualitative Assessment”, Asian Social Science, Volume 4, No 2, 2008, pp18-25. (with Sadhbh Joyce)