​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
PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of London
BSc in Economics, University of London
Dip in Economics, University of London

Research interests
Applied Microeconomics: Human Capital, Family and Labour Economics, Sports Economics

Publications​

1. An Economic Analysis of Tiger Parenting: Evidence from Child Developmental Delay or Learning Disability (with Yanyan Xiong and Junsen Zhang), Labour Economics, 2022
2. Gender Difference in Suicide, Unemployment and Household Production, Applied Economics, 2009

Working papers

1. Physical Attractiveness and Gender Differences in Drug Taking (with Junsen Zhang)
2. ​Parent-child Age Gap and Physical Punishment (with Junsen Zhang)
3. To work or not to work: my child ranks dead last in school! 

Ongoing research projects

1. Beauty and gaming: an economic analysis (with Junsen Zhang)
2. Native-immigrant earning gap (with Carl Singleton)
3. Home tiger in football (with James Reade and Carl Singleton)

Administrative roles
School Director of Recruitment and Admissions, School of Politics, Economics and International Relations
Undergraduate Admission Tutor, Department of Economics

2022-2023 modules
Introductory Mathematics for Economics I (undergraduate)
Microeconomic Policy (postgraduate)
Econometrics I (postgraduate)

Past modules at UoR
Money and Banking (undergraduate)
Microeconometrics II (postgraduate)

Hobbies and interests
Traveling, watching (but not playing) football, reading history books, playing (some) video games, playing Gundam model kits...

Email: chunkit.chung@reading.ac.uk

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​Chinese University of Hong Kong