Interests

Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics - migration, household decision-making, health, education, and gender.

Biographical Info

Joyce Chen joined the department in the fall of 2006. Her current research focuses on decision-making processes within the household, parental preferences and implications for children's human capital and gender equity. Recent work examines how intra-household allocation decisions are affected by the ability to negotiate and enforce cooperative agreements and how factors such as migration influence the scope for cooperation.