Overview
Kyung H. Park is a senior associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. His research focuses on labor market outcomes, non-employment, and the health-labor nexus. Co-author with Kristin F. Butcher on research linking the rise of obesity to trends in male non-employment and disability insurance receipt.
Key Contributions / Features
- Obesity, disability, and non-employment (Butcher and Park 2008): Co-authored Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Perspectives article documenting that changes in obesity and demographic composition explain 34–47% of prime-age men's non-employment increase from 1984–85 to 2004–05, with stable obesity propensity rather than a worsening obesity-employment gap as the mechanism. See Obesity and Non-Employment.
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