Carmel U. Chiswick
Professor Emerita
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:
Economics of Religion, Economic Development, Labor Economics, Economic History, Economic Demography
Selected Research:
The Economics of American Judaism. London: Routledge, 2008.
“The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation.” Journal of Population Economics 22(2009), pp.859-880.
“Religion as a Determinant of Marital Stability” (with E. Lehrer), Demography, (1993), pp. 385-404
“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 3 (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
Other Significant Accomplishments:
Research Fellow, IZA (Institute for Labor Studies), Bonn Germany
Treasurer, Assoc. for the Social-Scientific Study of Jewry (2000-2009)
President, Illinois Economics Association, (2001)
Interim Director of Jewish Studies, UIC (2000-2001)
Organizer, International Conference on The Economics of Judaism and Jewish Observance (1998, 2000)
Member, Technical Advisory Committee, National Jewish Population Survey (1997-2003)
Member, Illinois Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1988-1990)
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)
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