School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

 Email: minheechae@nankai.edu.cn

 Homepage: https://minheechae.weebly.com/

 Citizenship: Korean

Employment

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Nankai University, 2021. 06.-

Associate Lecturer, Research School of Economics, Australian National University,

2018-2019 (Part-time)

Fields of Interest

Development economics, Labor Economics, Education

Research

§ Explaining trends in adult height in China: 1950 to 1990, w/ Timothy J. Hatton and Xin Meng, World Development, Volume 161, January 2023

§ Fertility, Son-Preference, and the Reversal of the Gender Gap in Literacy/Numeracy Tests, w/ Xin Meng and Sen Xue (IZA DP No. 16208; Revised & Resubmitted at Journal Population Economics)

§ Pandemics and Intergenerational Mobility in Education: Evidence from the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Epidemic in China, w/ Sen Xue and Wenquan Liang (Revised & Resubmitted at Journal of Economic Behavioral and Organisation)

§ Consequences of Family Planning Policies on Gender Gap in Breastfeeding, w/ Yong Cai, Jun Hyung Kim and William Lavely (IZA DP No. 16190)

§ Teacher effects on academic outcomes of primary school students in Rural China

§ The Demise of the commune and health inequality in China

Education

PhD in Economics, Research School of Economics, Australian National University

- Thesis: Essays on Childhood Environments and Human Capital Formation

- Supervisors: Xin Meng, Alison Booth, Tue Gorgens

Master in Economics, Korea University, Korea

Bachelor in Economics, Kookmin University, Korea

Teaching

Nankai Univ. – Univ. of Glasgow Joint School China's regional economic problems

Nankai Univ. – Univ. of Glasgow Joint School Academic training and writing for economics

Australian National Univ. Development Poverty and Famine, Business Economics,

Microeconomics (head tutor or casual tutor)