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Chun Kit (Andy) Chung
Position
Lecturer, Department of Economics
University of Reading
Education
PhD in Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
MEcon, University of Hong Kong
BSc in Economics, University of London
Dip in Economics, University of London
PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of London
Research interests
Applied Microeconomics: Human Capital, Beauty, Family, Labour and Football (Soccer)
Publications
- An Economic Analysis of Tiger Parenting: Evidence from Child Developmental Delay or Learning Disability (with Yanyan Xiong and Junsen Zhang), Labour Economics, 2022
- Gender Difference in Suicide, Unemployment and Household Production, Applied Economics, 2009
Working papers
- To work or not to work: my child ranks dead last in school!
- Physical Attractiveness and Gender Differences in Drug Taking (with Junsen Zhang) R&R at Canadian Journal of Economics
- Parent-child Age Gap and Physical Punishment (with Junsen Zhang)
- Looks and Gaming: Who and Why? (with Daniel S. Hamermesh, Carl Singleton, Zhengxin Wang and Junsen Zhang) initial version
- Scoring goals: The impact of English Premier League football teams on local university admissions (with Carl Singleton, Adrian Bell, James Reade and Andrew Urquhart) R&R at Economics Letters
Ongoing research projects
- Native-immigrant earning gap (with Carl Singleton and Giovanni Razzu)
- Parenting style (with Junsen Zhang)
- Household structure (with Junsen Zhang)
- Child development (with Junsen Zhang)
Administrative roles at UoR
School Director of Recruitment and Admissions, School of Politics, Economics and International Relations
Undergraduate Admission Tutor, Department of Economics
2024-2026 modules
Principles of Economics 1 (introductory microeconomics with basic calculus; undergraduate)
Econometrics I (postgraduate)
Past modules at UoR
Introductory Mathematics for Economics I (undergraduate)
Money and Banking (undergraduate)
Microeconometrics II (postgraduate)
Microeconomic Policy (postgraduate)
Hobbies and interests
Traveling, watching (but not playing) football, reading history books, playing (some) video games, playing Gundam model kits...
Email: [email protected]
Chinese University of Hong Kong