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SOK CHUL HONG Ph.D. in ECONOMICS (2007) UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO |
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RESEARCH FIELDS Health Economics, Economic History, Economic Development • The impact of medical, agricultural, and environmental technological innovation on human development (health and economic productivity) from a long-term perspective • Economic evaluation of health care, and changes in the demand and supply of health care • Impact of disease on economic development (with special reference to malaria) BOOK AND PAPERS [1] The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming. (with Robert Fogel, Roderick Floud, and Bernard Harris) [2] The Burden of Early Exposure to Malaria in the United States, 1850-1860: Malnutrition and Immune Disorders. The Journal of Economic History 67(4): 1001-35. 2007. [3] Malaria and Economic Productivity: The American Case. Revise-and-resubmit, Journal of Human Capital [4] Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances. (with Louis Cain) Revise-and-resubmit, Explorations in Economic History [5] Can Technology and Income Reduce the Burden of Obesity? (Working paper) [6] Climate and Historical U.S. Farm Productivity: Relation to the Changing Disease Environment (with Hoyt Bleakley, Working paper) [7] Malaria: An Early Indicator of Later Disease (Working paper) [8] Marital Wealth Premium in the United States, 1860-1870 (Working paper) [9] The Effect of Corporate Diversification on Performance. Korean Economic Journal 41(2): 169-200. 2002. (In Korean) |
CURRENT POSITION Senior Research Professional Center for Population Economics University of Chicago
CONTACT E-mail: hongs@uchicago.edu Phone: (773) 470-6445 |
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