Keith Chen

M. Keith Chen is a Chinese American behavioral economist. As of 2013, he is an Associate Professor of Economics at UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

Chen holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University (2003). From 2003 to 2008 he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management, and an Associate Professor there from 2008 to 2013.[1]

Chen's research focuses on applied microeconomic theory. His Whorfian hypothesis on how languages might affect behavior has received attention outside academia.[2][3]

He is married to Elisa Long , associate professor of operations management at UCLA.[4]

Select Publications
  • The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Evidence from Savings Rates, Health Behaviors, and Retirement Assets (PDF), American Economic Review, 2013
  • Are Women Overinvesting in Education? Evidence from the Medical Profession (PDF), Journal of Human Capital, 2012
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References
  1. "Associate Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management", FEBRUARY 19, 2013
  2. Can Your Language Influence Your Spending, Eating, and Smoking Habits? An absurd-sounding claim leads to a surprising finding
  3. Tomorrow, We Save Language offers a clue to countries' economic behavior.
  4. How statistics guided me through life, death and ‘The Price Is Right’ - WP, 2015/08/07
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