Michael T. French, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR
HEALTH ECONOMIST &
DIRECTOR, HEALTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH GROUP
(WWW.MIAMI.EDU/HERG)

Merrick Building, Room 121F
mfrench@miami.edu
(305) 284-6039
www.mtfrench.com

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                                                                   Last Updated On:  January 2016
EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, 1986

  • B.A., Economics, James Madison University, 1982

PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS

  • Sociology

    Health Sector Management and Policy

SECONDARY DEPARTMENTS

  • Economics

  • Public Health Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS

health economics, human resource economics, economics of crime, program evaluation, health policy, alternative health care delivery systems, substance abuse research, behavioral health care, criminology, education, workplace policies, traffic safety, business cycles, law and society, risky behaviors, and econometrics

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
RECENT COURSE EVALUATIONS
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

French, M.T., and G. Gumus.  2015.  “Fast Times During Spring Break:  Are Traffic Fatalities Another Consequence?”  Economic Inquiry.  53(1):745-757.

French, M.T., J.F. Homer, I. Popovici, and P.K Robins.  2015.  “What You Do in High School Matters: High School GPA, Educational Attainment, and Labor Market Earnings as a Young Adult.” Eastern Economic Journal.  41: 370-386.

French, M.T., and G. Gumus.  2014.  “Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Motorcycle Fatalities in the U.S.”  Social Science and Medicine.  104:187-193.

Balsa, A.I., M.T. French, and T. Regan.  2014.  “Relative Deprivation and Risky Behaviors.”  Journal of Human Resources.  49(2):446-471.

French, M.T., I. Popovici, P.K. Robins, and J.F. Homer.  2014.  “Personal Traits, Cohabitation, and Marriage.”  Social Science Research.  45:184-199.

 SELECTED RECENT FUNDED RESEARCH

“Economic Evaluation of Medication-Assisted Substance Abuse Treatment” (National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. R01 DA035808, $620,078 from 4/14 to 3/18, Investigator).

“Center for Prevention Implementation Methods for Drug Abuse and Sex Risk Behavior” (Public Health Service, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. P30 DA027828, $5,284,729 from 7/11 to 5/16, Investigator)

“Economic Evaluation of Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMC-WO)” (Public Health Service, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. R01 DA031785, $1,090,125 from 7/11 to 4/14, Investigator)

“Web-based CBT for Substance Misusing and PTSD Symptomatic OEF/OIF Veterans” (Public Health Service, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Grant No. R01 AA020181, $295,642 from 9/10 to 8/14, Local Principal Investigator)

“Florida Node Alliance of the Drug Abuse Clinic Trials Network” (Public Health Service, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant No. 2U10 DA013720, $5,607,659 from 9/10 to 8/15, Investigator)

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Health Services Research

Evaluation and Program Planning

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment