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Classen

Tim Classen
Title: Assistant Professor
Office #: Maguire Hall 558
Phone: 312-915-6184
E-mail: tclass1@luc.edu
Web: Personal Home Page

Personal Information

Degrees

Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2006

M.A. Economics, University of Chicago, 1997

B.A. Mathematics and Economics, Macalester College, 1996

Research Interests
Health Economics, Microeconomics, Econometrics

Professional Associations

American Economic Association

International Health Economics Association

American Society of Health Economists

Courses Taught

Econ 201 - Introduction to Microeconomics

Econ 428/HCMT 502 - Economics of Health Care

Research Listings

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
"Childhood Influences on Youth Obesity," Economics and Human Biology, June, vol. 3, no. 2 2005, Co-Authors: Charles Hokayem
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
"Changes over time in the relationship of obesity to education accumulation," American Society of Health Economists (ASHE), Durham, NC, June 23 2008
"The Role of Weight Status in Intergenerational Correlations of Education," 6th World Congress of International Health Economics Association, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 2007
"Intergenerational Obesity Transmission and Correlations of Human Capital Accumulation," Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, June 2005
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITY
"Comments on Cawley and Liu's 'Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data'," Discussant at conference of American Society of Health Economists, Durhman, NC, June 25 2008

Research in Progress

Title: The Role of Weight Status in Intergenerational Correlations of Education
Area of Research: Health Economics, Intergenerational Mobility

Title: Measures of the Intergenerational Transmission of Body Mass Index
Area of Research: Health Economics