“The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.” – Joan Robinson
Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar
Assistant ProfessorEconomics
Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar is a feminist economist with teaching interests in health, development, and labor economics. She was awarded the William R. Waters Research Grant from the Association for Social Economics to conduct an original fieldwork study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where she gathered data on the division of domestic labor among the younger population. Her current research focuses on gender differences in time use and unpaid household work of children and adolescents in Mongolia. She is a passionate teacher who incorporates her research into the classroom to ignite students' interest through the practical aspects of economics.
Research, Scholarship, Creative Work in Progress
Gender Division of Labor in the Making: Unpaid Household Work of Adolescents in Mongolia
Unpaid Household Work of Children: A Field Study in Mongolia
Suffocated Before Birth: Impact of Air Pollution on Pregnancy Health Outcomes in Mongolia
Publications
Fenn, A., Li, Z., Pleités, G., Zorigtbaatar, C., & Philips, P. (2019). The effect of prevailing wage law repeals and enactments on injuries and disabilities in the construction industry. Public Works Management & Policy, 24(4), 368-384.
Fenn, A., Li, Z., Pleites, G., Zorigtbaatar, C., & Philips, P. (2018). The effect of prevailing wage repeals on construction income and benefits. Public Works Management & Policy, 23(4), 346-364.
External Awards, Honors, Grants
2021: Richard and Leslie Haskell Fellowship, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah
2019: Earl and Elies Skidmore Endowed Graduate Fellowship, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah
2018: William R. Waters Research Grant from the Association for Social Economics
2018: Jewell J. Rasmussen Research Grant from the Department of Economics, University of Utah
Conference Papers & Panel Participation
2020: Eastern Economic Association, 46th Annual Conference. Boston, MA. (presented)
2020: ICAPE Conference. San Diego, CA. (presented)
2018: 16th World Congress of Social Economics. Fort Collins, CO. (presented)
2017: Western States Graduate Workshop in Economics. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. (presented)
Academic or Professional Associations
American Economic Association
International Association for Feminist Economics
Association for Social Economics