Chinhui Juhn

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Chinhui Juhn
Born
Alma mater
SpouseEdward R. Allen III
Children2
Scientific career
Fields labor economics
Institutions University of Houston
Website http://www.uh.edu/~cjuhn/

Chinhui Juhn is the Henry Graham Professor of Economics at the University of Houston, [2] a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow of IZA Institute of Labor Economics. She graduated from Yale University in 1984, and completed her PhD in economics at the University of Chicago in 1991. She is an Editor of the American Economic Review, one of the most cited journals in the world. [3] Together with her husband, Edward R. Allen III, she is a patron of the arts in Houston. [4] [5] [6]

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Juhn's dozens of published papers have included such topics as wage inequality, labor force participation, earnings instability, and the impact of trade policies on gender inequality. [7] Her work describing various features of the labor market has been cited many times in the New York Times. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

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References

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  3. "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
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  8. Leonhardt, David (2002-09-29). "The Nation: Help Wanted; Out of a Job and No Longer Looking". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  9. Porter, Eduardo (2006-03-02). "Stretched to Limit, Women Stall March to Work". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  10. Uchitelle, Louis; Leonhardt, David (2006-07-31). "Men Not Working, and Not Wanting Just Any Job". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  11. Edsall, Thomas B. (2014-06-17). "Opinion | Cutting the Poor Out of Welfare". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  12. Krueger, Alan B. (2000-06-22). "Economic Scene; Equality in hiring remains the key to civil rights goals". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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