Research on Thailand
Contact Information
Phone: (847) 644-5912
Fax: (202) 994-6147
Email: cchis@gwu.edu
Address:
Department of Economics, Monroe 363
George Washington University
2115 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Research Articles
“Human Resource Development: Some Economic Policy Issues,” in C. Hongladarom (ed.), Human Resource Development: Concept, Policies, Needs and Cooperation in the ASEAN Region, Bangkok, 1989, pp.13-19.
Statistical Data for Thailand: Surveys of Households and Individuals, Human Resources Institute, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 1987.
“Analysis of Earnings from Household Enterprises: Methodology and Application to Thailand,” Review of Economics and Statistics LXV (1983), pp. 658-662.
“The Distribution of Income” in P. Richards (ed.), Basic Needs and Government Policies in Thailand, Singapore (ILO: Maruzen Asia), 1982, pp. 19-66.
“A Procedure for Estimating Earnings of Unpaid Family Workers” (invited paper), American Statistical Association Business and Economic Statistics Section, Proceedings 1977, pp. 206-215.
“On Estimating Earnings Functions for LDCs,” Journal of Development Economics 4 (1977), pp. 67-78.
“Application of the Theil Index to Income Inequality,” American Statistical Association, Business and Economic Statistics Section, Proceedings 1976, pp. 255-260.
Book Reviews
John Knodel et al., Thailand’s Reproductive Revolution: Rapid Fertility Decline in a Third-World Setting reviewed in Economic Development and Cultural Change 38 (1990), pp.442-445.
D. Feeny, The Political Economy of Productivity: Thai Agricultural Development 1880-1975 reviewed in Journal of Economic History 42 (1983), pp. 326-328.
Reports and Technical Bulletins
“Human Resources and Employment Prospects in Thailand” (prepared for The World Bank), October 1988, 60 pages.
“Statistical Data for Thailand: Surveys of Households and Individuals” (prepared for U.S. Government, Office of East Asian Analysis), February 1987, 66 pages plus appendices.
“The Distribution of Income in Thailand” (working paper WEP 2-23/WP97, International Labour Office, Geneva), 1981, 70 pages.
Income Distribution in Thailand (World Bank Research Project 671-36):
“The Determinants of Earnings in Thailand,” January 1979, 100 pages.
“Profiles of Poverty: Thailand 1972,” December 1978 (Revised), 29 pages.
“Regional Differences in the Distribution of Household Incomes in Thailand: 1962-1972,” November 1977, 66 pages.
“Measuring Poverty” (Working Paper A-1), March 1976, 35 pages.
“Household Expenditure Patterns by Income Level: Statistical Tables” (Working Papers A-2 and A-3), 1976, 26 and 28 pages, respectively.
Primary Research Fields:
Economics of Religion
Economics of Ethnicity
Economic Development
Labor Economics
Economic Demography
Economic History