Speaker: Weerachart T. Kilenthong, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

Title: Parenting Home Visiting Program versus Cash Transfers for Preschool Children in Thailand

Time: 10:00-11:30AM, September 27, 2024

About the speaker:

Tee Kilenthong is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Director of the Research Institute for Policy Evaluation and Design (RIPED) at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC). His research interests include human capital, human development, development economics, macroeconomics, contract theory, and financial economics.

His current research focuses on early childhood and human capital development. One long-term research project is the Thailand Childhood Longitudinal Survey (TCLS), which collects detailed information regarding human development from early childhood. Another project is the RIECE Thailand project, which promotes the HighScope approach to enhance the quality of early childhood education nationwide.

He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2006, where he studied under Professor Robert M. Townsend. He received a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honor with Gold Medal) from Chulalongkorn University and a Master of Physics from the same university. He was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara between 2006 and 2010.