Personal Information

My Wife's Research

Shin-Yi Chou's homepage

My wife is an economist. Her research interest includes health economics and applied econometrics. She is Frank L. Magee Distinguished Professor in Economics at Lehigh University. She is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research has been mentioned on:

• Washington Post, September 12, 2005, The Wiz's Weighty Proposals (by Richard Morin).
• New York Times, July 24, 2005, Cigarettes, Taxes and Thin French Women (by Daniel Gross).
• New York Times, March 3, 2003, ON THE CONTRARY; Belt-Loosening in the Work Force (by Daniel Akst).
• Orlando Sentinel, August 28, 2005, As smoking drops, does obesity rise?.
• Interviewed by CBS MarketWatch, March 9, 2003.

Academic Information

Click for my academic genealogy. I could trace back to 16th century with a bit of Internet archaeology.

1. I am related to Wilhelm Ostwald (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) and Friedrich Hoffmann.

My Erdös Number is at most 3:

1. Paul Erdös
2. László Székely
3. Tandy Warnow, Bernard M.E. Moret
4. Li-San Wang

Family and Friends

• Some pictures.