Dissertation

   Three Essays in Labor and Family Economics - Summary

One:   Intergenerational Health Implications in the Labor Market (Job Market Paper)
             - Exploring Parents' Health and Child's Subsequent Labor Outcomes in Russia
               (under submission)

Two:   Health Impact on Future Labor Market Outcomes - Exploring PSID Adult Siblings
               (Alternate Job Market Paper)

Three: Are Remittances Insurance? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in the Philippines
               (with Dean Yang)

Contact Information
   University of Michigan, Department of Economics
    Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1220 USA
   1-734-904-2857,   hwajungc@umich.edu

Published Papers

"Are Remittances Insurance? Evidence from Rainfall Shocks in the Philippines,"
with Dean Yang, World Bank Economic Review, 2007, Vol 21, Number2

"Do past unemployment spells affect the duration of current unemployment?"
with Donggyun Shin, Economics Letters, 2002, Vol 77, Issue2

Research in Progress

   Association between Family Geographic Proximity and Economic Behavior

   Parental Health Impact on Children's Labor Outcomes in US (with Ann Ferris)

   Mental Health Impact on Future Labor Outcomes-Exploring NLSY siblings