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Chih Ming Tan serves as the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and Page Endowed Chair in Applied Economics at the University of North Dakota's Nistler College of Business and Public Administration (NCoBPA), Department of Economics & Finance. He concurrently holds the position of Associate Dean for Research at NCoBPA since October 2019 and previously directed the Master of Science in Applied Economics and Predictive Analytics (MSAEPA) program from 2016 to 2022.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2004), and B.Sc. (First Class Honors) and M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1996, 1997). Prior academic appointments include nine years at Tufts University and Clark University in Massachusetts, with earlier professional experience as an Economic Analyst for Singapore's Ministry of Defense.
Tan's research focuses on inequality and mobility heterogeneity, nonlinearities in income mobility, and long-term impacts of early health shocks on cognitive development and mental health across diverse settings (China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Mexico). As an applied econometrician, he pioneered machine learning applications for identifying social groupings in redistribution preferences and poverty traps. His work bridges global health with human capital accumulation theories affecting economic growth.
He maintains active service as Associate Editor for the China Economic Review and holds affiliations as an affiliate scholar at the University of Chicago's Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, network member of HCEO Global Working Group, and senior fellow at Italy's Rimini Center for Economic Analysis. Tan regularly referees for major journals and evaluates proposals for the National Science Foundation, ESRC (UK), and SSHRC (Canada).
- Teaching: Core advanced macroeconomics and program evaluation methods in MSAEPA program; previously taught Ph.D.-level macroeconomics and econometrics
- Professional Service: Extensive journal refereeing and grant proposal evaluation for international funding bodies
His research appears in top journals including Annual Review of Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Health Economics, with methodological contributions spanning econometric theory and applied development economics.
