Michael Gove, Ph.D.
Overview
Dr. Michael Gove serves as associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Economic Education in the Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia. He generally teaches both Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics, as well as Labor Economics. His research focuses on topics within the subfield of labor economics, particularly topics related to the economics of immigration and sports economics.
Courses Taught
- ECON2105: Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON2106: Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON3570: Labor Economics
Education
- Ph.D., Economics, Florida International University, 2014
- M.A., Economics, Florida International University, 2010
- B.A., Spanish / Applied Music; Economics Minor, Manchester College, 2004
Publications
Gove, M. (2024). Wage Dispersion and Team Performance: A Review of 25 Years of Research on Professional Sports, American Behavioral Scientist, https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642241236547.
Gove, M. and Meza González, Liliana (2022). The Effect of Mexican Emigration to the US on Trade and Inward FDI in Mexico, International Economic Journal, 36 (2), 229-46.
Garner, B., Gove, M., Ayala, C. and Mady, A. (2019). Exploring the Gap Between Employers’ Needs and Undergraduate Business Curricula: A Survey of Alumni Regarding Core Business Curricula, Industry & Higher Education, 33 (6), 439-47.
Gove, M. (2019). Student Engagement and Larger Class Enrollments: Evidence from a Growing Mid-sized State University, Economics Bulletin, 39 (4), 2550-65.
Gove, M. (2018). Migration as Development: Household Survey Evidence on Migrants’ Wage Gains, Social Indicators Research, 137 (3), 1033-60.
Gove, M. (2017) Migration’s Contribution to Trade: State-level Evidence on the Importance of Destination Geographic Proximity, International Economic Journal, 31
(2), 224-44.
Gove, M. (2016). A Modified Common Support Condition for Applications of Generalized Propensity Score Estimation to Continuous Treatments, Empirical Economics Letters, 15 (8).
Work Experience
Ph.D. Fellow
Florida International University
2009 - 2014
Applied Macroeconomics Instructor
Florida International University
2011 - 2012