Andrew Ireland

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Gies College of Business,  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

My research is in applied microeconomics, focused on topics related to labor markets, the environment and human health.

I completed my PhD at Monash University, Centre for Health Economics, in 2024, where I investigated the impacts of heat on workers' health and productivity using large administrative and survey data from Australia.

Research

Journal Articles

"Heat and Worker Health" (with David Johnston & Rachel Knott), Journal of Health Economics

Full article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102800

Media release: https://impact.monash.edu/climate-change/feeling-the-heat-how-our-workplaces-will-become-more-dangerous/

Working Papers

"Impacts of Extreme Heat on Labor Force Dynamics" (with David Johnston & Rachel Knott) Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Labor Economics

"Effects of Heat Thresholds on Construction Workers’ Health" (available upon request)

This paper evaluates the impact of heat thresholds introduced in the Australian construction industry for the cessation of work when outside temperatures reach 35 °C (95 °F). Using administrative data of occupational health claims (2005–2020), I estimate the causal impact of the thresholds on workplace accidents.

Works in progress

"Temperature Effects on Firm Inputs, Outputs & Productivity" (with David Johnston & Rachel Knott)