Stacey H. Chen is a Professor of Economics at UTokyo Public Policy and a Taiwanese citizen. Stacey's research focuses on labor AND development economics issues, with an emphasis on health and education. Before coming to Japan, she taught at the University of New York at Albany and the Royal Holloway University of London. In December 2019, Taiwan Economic Association awarded her study on sibling competition's impact on gender inequality within the family the Best Paper on Taiwan Economic Research.
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Stacey's research focuses on the causes and consequences of inequality and the evaluation of public policy. Recently working papers examine whether social ties can mitigate agency problems in medical care systems; the causal effect of maternal education on child health in Africa; the impact of criminalizing female genital cutting on the traditional practice and female wellbeing; the gender gap in the informality effect of university attainment.
Fields of expertise: Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization
