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Research Interests

I am a labour economist, with core interests in issues of human capital, early childhood development, roles of aspirations, wellbeing and especially inequality.
 
My research focuses on applying tools from micro-econometrics to address the questions on the causes and consequences of social and economic inequality. I incorporate approaches of behavioural economics and empirical techniques in experimental designs to better address the issues.
 
Going into the fields provides a valuable and fundamental opportunity to build and broaden my perspectives as an applied economist. In my recent works, I look at the roles of aspirations and subjective beliefs on decision makings, particularly among household members.

During 2023-2027, I am a co-investigator of an ERC Starting Grant funded project, MISMATCH (with Suphanit Piyapromdee as the Principal Investigator).

Journal Publications

Stephen versus Stephanie? Does Gender Matter for Peer to Peer Career Advice.

with Grace Lordan, Journal of Human Capital, forthcoming.

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Luck or Rights? An Experiment on Preferences for Redistribution Following Inheritance of Opportunity.

with Nick Powdthavee, and Yohanes Eko Riyanto, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2023, Vol. 106

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Documenting Occupational Sorting by Gender in the UK across Three Cohorts: Does a Grand Convergence Rely on Societal Movements?

with Grace Lordan, Empirical Economics, 2022

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Mortality risk, perception, and human capital investments: The legacy of landmines in Cambodia.

Labour Economics, 2022, Vol. 78

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All I have to do is dream? The role of aspirations of children, parents and teachers in intergenerational mobility.

with Reto Odermatt, European Economic Review, 2022

Link to paper (Here for Online Appendix)

Also, its companion working paper on Gender and Aspirations.

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Counting on my vote not counting: expressive voting in committees.

with Boris Ginzburg and Jose-Alberto Guerra, Journal of Public Economics, 2022 

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The Long-lasting effects of family and childhood on adult wellbeing: evidence from British Cohort Data.

with Sarah Flèche and Andrew E. Clark, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021 (January, vol 181).

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Reshaping Thailand’s Labor Market: The Intertwined Forces of Technology Advancements and Shifting Supply Chains.

with Voraprapa Nakavachara, Economic Modelling, 2021

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On Covid-19: New implications of job task requirements and spouse's occupational sorting.

with Suphanit Piyapromdee, Ponpoje Porapakkarm and Nada Wasi, Covid Economics - Vetted and Real-Time Papers, 2020 (Vol 12, May)
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War, Migration and the Origins of the Thai Sex Industry.

with Abel Brodeur and Yanos Zylberberg, Journal of European Economic Association, 2018

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Locus of Control and Its Intergenerational Implications for Early Childhood Skill Formation.

with Nick Powdthavee, Francesca Cornaglia and Nele Warrinnier, Economic Journal, 2018.

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Predicting the Present Revisited: The Case of Thailand.

with Voraprapa Nakavachara, Thailand and the World Economy, 36 (3), 2018, 23-46,

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What's the good of education on our overall quality of life?  A simultaneous equation model of education and life satisfaction for Australia.

with Nick Powdthavee and Mark Wooden, Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, 54, 10-21, 2015.

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Working Papers

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Books and Book Chapters

  • Economics and Fertility Promotion: Theory and Empirics, 2021, with Nopphol Witvorapong and Somthip Watanapongvanich, (in Thai).

  • The Socio-economic Complexities of Formalisation of Women’s Employment in Thailand, 2021, with J. Vechbanyongratana, Y. Yoon, and P. Tangtammaruk, in The Gender Implications of Formalising Informal Activities: A Comparative Study of India, Thailand, South Africa, Ghana and Morocco, edited by J. Ghosh.

  • WE THE PEOPLE: Reform of Personal Income Tax towards More Equitable Society (ปฏิวัติภาษีเงินได้ฯ ให้เท่าเทียม), 2019, edited by Pasuk Phongpaichit and Nualnoi Treerat (in Thai).

Work in Progress

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  • Knowing is believing? Information interventions to raise future ambition and academic achievements, 2022, with Norachit Jirasatthumb, Phumsit Mahasuweerachai, and Suphanit Piyapromdee. (Link to slides March 2023 version) 

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  • Conditional cash transfer program: time, money and intrahousehold's beliefs, 2021, with Suparee Boonmanunt, Norachit Jirasatthumb, Phumsit Mahasuweerachai, and Suphanit Piyapromdee. (Link to slides May 2021 version) 

 

  • Hidden wealth: asset holdings and land acquisition strategies of political households, 2019, with T. Chaiwat and S. Chantarat (June 2019 version).​​

Permanent Working Papers

  • Myths and facts of inequalities in Thailand: Perspective from three decades, 2020, with Suphanit Piyapromdee, Ponpoje Porapakkarm and Nada Wasi. (Link to paper)

  • Raised by grandparents: the effects of growing up in skipped generation households on educational attainment, 2020, with T. Srungbunmee (January 2020 version)

  • Intensive and extensive margins of labour supply in Thailand: decomposing the pattern of work behaviours, 2017. PIER Discussion Paper No. 59

  • Childhood post-traumatic stress disorder and later-life outcomes: a hidden consequence of the 1989 Typhoon Gay, 2016. PIER Discussion Paper No. 32

  • Early maternal employment and emotional and behavioural development of children in the UK: evidence from the ALSPAC cohort, with Andrew E. Clark, Nick Powdthavee, and George Ward. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1380

  • Breaking up for the kid’s sake: Evidence from a British Birth Cohort, with Andrew E. Clark, Nick Powdthavee, and George Ward. December 2015 version

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