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  • Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar
  • Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar

    Assistant ProfessorEconomics

    Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar is a feminist economist with teaching interests in health, development, and labor economics. She was awarded the William R. Waters Research Grant from the Association for Social Economics to conduct an original fieldwork study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where she gathered data on the division of domestic labor among the younger population. Her current research focuses on gender differences in time use and unpaid household work of children and adolescents in Mongolia. She is a passionate teacher who incorporates her research into the classroom to ignite students' interest through the practical aspects of economics.

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    Research, Scholarship, Creative Work in Progress

    Gender Division of Labor in the Making: Unpaid Household Work of Adolescents in Mongolia

    Unpaid Household Work of Children: A Field Study in Mongolia

    Suffocated Before Birth: Impact of Air Pollution on Pregnancy Health Outcomes in Mongolia 

    Publications

    Fenn, A., Li, Z., Pleités, G., Zorigtbaatar, C., & Philips, P. (2019). The effect of prevailing wage law repeals and enactments on injuries and disabilities in the construction industry. Public Works Management & Policy24(4), 368-384.

    Fenn, A., Li, Z., Pleites, G., Zorigtbaatar, C., & Philips, P. (2018). The effect of prevailing wage repeals on construction income and benefits. Public Works Management & Policy23(4), 346-364.

    External Awards, Honors, Grants

    2021: Richard and Leslie Haskell Fellowship, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah

    2019: Earl and Elies Skidmore Endowed Graduate Fellowship, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah

    2018: William R. Waters Research Grant from the Association for Social Economics

    2018: Jewell J. Rasmussen Research Grant from the Department of Economics, University of Utah

    Conference Papers & Panel Participation

    2020: Eastern Economic Association, 46th Annual Conference. Boston, MA. (presented)

    2020: ICAPE Conference. San Diego, CA. (presented)

    2018: 16th World Congress of Social Economics. Fort Collins, CO. (presented)

    2017: Western States Graduate Workshop in Economics. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. (presented)

    Academic or Professional Associations

    American Economic Association

    International Association for Feminist Economics

    Association for Social Economics