Hua Zan

Associate Researcher in Family Economics, Center on the Family, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Chapter Member: Hawaii SSN

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Zan's research interests include (1) health and health behaviors; and (2) family economic well-being related to family decision making such as caregiving; employment; saving; and retirement.

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Contributions

Why Hawai'i's Families and Businesses Would Benefit from a New Paid Family Leave Law

Noreen Kohl
Ivette Rodriquez Stern

Key Findings Brief, January 2018

Publications

Paid Family Leave: Benefiting Hawaiʻi Businesses and the EconomyPaid Family Leave: Benefiting Hawaiʻi Businesses and the Economy (with Ivette Rodriquez Stern and Noreen Kohl), University of Hawai‘i, Center on the Family, 2017.

Shows how a paid family leave policy in Hawaii could benefit the local businesses and the state economy.

"The “Model Minority” Myth: Asian American Middle Class before, during, and after the Great Recession" (with Jessie X. Fan). The Singapore Economic Review (2017): 1-17.

Investigates trends in Asian American middle-class status attainment before, during, and after the Great Recession and compare such attainment to that of non-Hispanic Whites.

"The Heterogeneity in Financial and Time Burden of Caregiving to Children with Chronic Conditions" (with Scharff). Maternal Child Health 19, no. 3 (2015): 615-625.

Examines the financial and time burdens associated with caring for children with chronic conditions, focusing on disparities across types of conditions.

"Consumption Patterns and Economic Status of Older Households in the United States" (with Seonglim Lee, Sang-Hee Sohn, Eunyoung Rhee, and Yoon G. Lee). Monthly Labor Review (2014).

Holistically maps the consumption patterns of older Americans and compares the economic status of different groups (clusters) of elderly U.S. consumers.

"Cohort Effects of Household Expenditures on Food Away from Home" (with Jessie X. Fan). Journal of Consumer Affairs 44, no. 1 (2010): 213-233.

Analyzes data from 23 years of the US Consumer Expenditure Survey (1982-2004) to investigate cohort effects on food-away-from-home (FAFH) expenditures using the age, period, and cohort (APC) model.