Carmel U. Chiswick
Professor Ph.D., Columbia University, 1972
Phone: (312) 996-8721 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:cchis@uic.edu
Homepage:http://www.uic.edu/~cchis/
Fields of Interest : Economic Development, Labor Economics, Economics of Religion, Economic History, Economic Demography, Economic Theory.
Selected Research :
"The Economics of Jewish Continuity," Contemporary Jewry 20 (1999), pp. 30-56. (Special issue on The Economics of Judaism and Jewish Observance, C. Chiswick and T. Lecker, eds.)
"Religion as a Determinant of Marital Stability" (with E. Lehrer), Demography, (1993), pp. 385-404.
"The Impact of Immigration on the Macro-Economy (with B. Chiswick and G. Karras), Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 37 (1992) pp. 279-316.
"The Efficiency Wage Hypothesis: Applying a General Model of the Interaction Between Labor Quantity and Quality," Journal of Development Economics 20, (1986), pp. 311-323.
"The Elasticity of Substitution Revisited; The Effects of Secular Changes in Labor Force Structure," Journal of Labor Economics, (1985), pp. 490-507.
"Analysis of Earnings from Household Enterprises: Methodology and Application to Thailand," Review of Economics and Statistics 65, (1983), pp. 658-62.
Current Research Interests:
Economics of religion: especially Judaism.
Interactions between human resources and economic development: concepts, theory, empirical evidence, historical interpretations, and implications for economic policy in LDCs.
Productivity of housewives; economics of marriage and family.
Statistical systems and data for cross-section analysis, especially in LDCs (Thailand, China).
Other Significant Accomplishments :
Research Fellow, IZA (Institute for Labor Studies), Bonn Germany
Secretary-Treasurer, ASSJ (Assoc. for the Social-Scientific Study of Jewry)
President, Illinois Economics Association, (2001)
Interim Director of Jewish Studies, UIC (2000-2001).
Member, Technical Advisory Committee, National Jewish Population Survey (1997-present).
Member, Illinois Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1988-1990).
Visiting Professor, Hebrew University, (1992).
Visiting Scholar, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University (1984-1985).
Consultant to the World Bank, U.N., I.L.O., and U.S. Government (various dates).
Phi Kappa Phi, UIC Chapter President (1996-98), Vice President (1994-96).
International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women.
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