Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar

Assistant ProfessorEconomics

Chimedlkham Zorigtbaatar is a feminist economist whose teaching interests span health, development, and labor economics. She received the William R. Waters Research Grant from the Association for Social Economics to conduct original fieldwork in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where she examined the division of domestic labor among younger populations. Her current research explores gender differences in time use and the unpaid household work of children and adolescents in Mongolia. As a dedicated educator, she brings her research into the classroom, sparking student engagement by connecting economic theory to real-world practice. Beyond academia, she enjoys writing in her spare time and has published a novel in Mongolian, which briefly appeared on the bestseller list for two weeks.

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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 & Policy24(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 & Policy23(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

2025: International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR), 47th Annual Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa. (presented)

2025: International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), 33rd Annual Conference. Amherst, MA. (presented)

2024: 13th Annual AEA Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education (CTREE). Atlanta, GA. (attended)

2020: Eastern Economic Association, 46th Annual Conference. Boston, MA. (presented)

2020: International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (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

International Association for Feminist Economics

International Association for Time Use Research

Association for Social Economics