CHICAGO - University of Chicago Department of Economics
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Center for Population <strong>Economics</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong> Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Business<br />
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue<br />
<strong>Chicago</strong>, IL 60637<br />
SOK CHUL HONG<br />
Phone: 773-470-6445<br />
Fax: 773-702-2901<br />
E-mail: hongs@uchicago.edu<br />
Webpage: home.uchicago.edu/~hongs<br />
CURRENT<br />
POSITION AND<br />
AFFILIATIONS<br />
EDUCATION<br />
RESEARCH<br />
INTERESTS<br />
BOOK<br />
AND<br />
PAPERS<br />
TEACHING<br />
EXPERIENCES,<br />
RESEARCH,<br />
AND GRANTS<br />
Senior Research Associate, Center for Population <strong>Economics</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>, July 2007-present<br />
Affiliated Research Associate, Center on Demography and <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>of</strong> Aging, NORC, 2008-present<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong><br />
Ph.D. in <strong>Economics</strong>, June 2007<br />
Dissertation: The Health and Economic Burdens <strong>of</strong> Malaria: The American Case<br />
Seoul National <strong>University</strong><br />
M.A. in <strong>Economics</strong>, 2002 / B.A. in <strong>Economics</strong>, 2000<br />
Health <strong>Economics</strong>, Economic History, Economic Development<br />
• Economic evaluation <strong>of</strong> health care, and changes in the demand and supply <strong>of</strong> health care<br />
• Evaluation <strong>of</strong> the significance <strong>of</strong> the environment in human capital accumulation over the life cycle<br />
• Long-term trends in nutritional status, public health intervention, and economic productivity<br />
• Impact <strong>of</strong> disease on economic development<br />
• The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700.<br />
Cambridge: Cambridge <strong>University</strong> Press. Forthcoming. (with Robert Fogel, Roderick Floud, and Bernard<br />
Harris)<br />
• The Burden <strong>of</strong> Early Exposure to Malaria in the United States, 1850-1860: Malnutrition and Immune<br />
Disorders. The Journal <strong>of</strong> Economic History 67(4): 1001-35. 2007<br />
• Malaria and Economic Productivity: The American Case.<br />
Revise-and-resubmit, Journal <strong>of</strong> Human Capital<br />
• Survival in 19th Century Cities: The Larger the City, the Smaller Your Chances. (with Louis Cain)<br />
Under review, Explorations in Economic History<br />
• Can Technology and Income Reduce the Burden <strong>of</strong> Obesity? (Working paper)<br />
• Climate and Historical U.S. Farm Productivity: Relation to the Changing Disease Environment<br />
(with Hoyt Bleakley, Working paper)<br />
• Malaria: An Early Indicator <strong>of</strong> Later Disease (Working paper)<br />
• Lecturer, Loyola <strong>University</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>: Principles <strong>of</strong> Microeconomics, Spring 2008<br />
(Course Evaluation: 4.53 out <strong>of</strong> 5.0)<br />
• Research Assistant to Robert Fogel (2004-2007) and Hoyt Bleakley (2006-2007), <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong><br />
• Senior Research Associate, Early Indicators <strong>of</strong> Later Work Levels, Disease and Death<br />
(NIH/NIA P01 AG10120, Robert Fogel, Principal Investigator), 2007-present<br />
CONFERENCE<br />
AND SEMINAR<br />
PRESENTATIONS<br />
2008: NBER Cohort Studies Group, NBER Universities’ Research Conference, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>,<br />
Canadian Network for Economic History, Northwestern <strong>University</strong>, World Cliometrics, Illinois <strong>Economics</strong><br />
Association Meetings<br />
2007: Northwestern <strong>University</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>, Michigan State <strong>University</strong>, Economic History<br />
Association Meeting, Illinois Economic Association Meetings, Social Science History Association Meetings<br />
2006: <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>, Economic History Association Meetings<br />
2005: Seoul National <strong>University</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong><br />
CONFERENCES<br />
ATTENDED<br />
Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings (2006, 2008), U.S. Cliometrics Conference (2007), Conference on the<br />
Economic Causes and Consequences <strong>of</strong> Population Aging (2006), RAND Summer Institute (2006)<br />
REFERENCES<br />
Robert Fogel<br />
Gary Becker<br />
Hoyt Bleakley<br />
Louis Cain<br />
Mine Cinar<br />
(773) 702-7709<br />
(773) 702-8191<br />
(773) 834-2192<br />
(847) 491-8225<br />
(312) 915-6066<br />
rwf@cpe.uchicago.edu<br />
gbecker@uchicago.edu<br />
bleakley@chicagogsb.edu<br />
lcain@northwestern.edu<br />
mcinar@luc.edu
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