Research

Research Interests 

Economic History, Historical Political Economy, Labor Economics, Economic Development

Journal Articles

• "Reform, Rails, and Rice: Thailand’s Political Railroads and Economic Development in the 20th Century" (with Christopher Paik) The Journal of Economic History, forthcoming.

• "The Economic History of Thailand: Old Debates, Recent Advances, and Future Prospects" (with Panarat Anamwathana) Australian Economic History Review, Vol. 61, No. 3, November 2021, pp. 342-358.

• “Education-Occupation Mismatch and its Wage Penalties in Informal Employment in Thailand” (with Tanthaka Vivatsurakit) Asian Development Review, Vol. 38, No. 1, March 2021, pp. 119–141.

• “Land, Ladies, and the Law: A Case Study on Women’s Land Rights and Welfare in Southeast Asia in the Nineteenth Century” (with Thanyaporn Chankrajang) Economic History Review, Vol. 74, No. 1, February 2021, pp. 138-163.

  • Summary from the Economic History Society's The Long Run blog

  • Press from ASEAN Today

  • Press from Thai Enquirer

• "Canals and Orchards: the Impact of Transport Network Expansion on Agricultural Productivity in 19th Century Bangkok" (with Thanyaporn Chankrajang) Journal of Economic History, Vol. 80, No. 4,  December 2020, pp. 996-1030.

  • National Research Council of Thailand National Research Award for Fiscal Year 2022 (รางวัลระดับดี)

  • 2021 Social Science Association of Thailand Research Prize - Honorable Mention

• "Historical Origins of Land Rights Insecurity and Implications for Conflict in Thailand" (With Kawita Niwatananun) Economics of Peace and Security Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 2020, pp. 5-18. 

• "Returns to Education among the Informally Employed in Thailand" (with Tanthaka Vivatsurakit) Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 4, No. 1, May 2020, pp. 26-43.

• "Path to Centralization and Development: Evidence from Siam" (with Christopher Paik) World Politics, Vol. 71, No. 2, April 2019, pp. 289-331.

• “Transfer Payments and Upper Secondary School Outcomes: The Case of Low-income Female Students in Thailand” (with Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat) Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 60, No. 5, December 2015.

• “Wage Consequences of Rapid Tertiary Education Expansion in a Developing Economy: The Case of Thailand” (with Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat) The Developing Economies, Vol. 53, No. 3, September 2015, pp 218-231. 

• “The Impact of the Universal Allowance for Older Persons on Labor Force Participation: The Case of Thailand” (with Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat) Population Review, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2015, pp. 53-68. 

• “Offspring Sex Preference in Frontier America” (with Nora Bohnert, Hilde Leikny Jåstad, and Evelien Walhout) Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 42, No. 12, Spring 2012, pp. 519-541.

Books

• A Brief Economic History of Land Rights in Thailand: From the Sukhothai Period to the End of King Chulalongkorn’s Reign (with Thanyaporn Chankrajang), Bangkok: The Economic and Social Transformation of Thailand from Historical Perspective Project Supported by the Thailand Research Fund, 2017. This work was supported by the Thailand Research Fund under the project, "ความเปลี่ยนเเปลงทางเศรษฐกิจเเละสังคมของไทยในปริทรรศน์ประวัติศาสตร์." The printed version of the book can be purchased from Chulabook.com.

Book Chapters

• “The Socio-economic Complexities of Formalisation of Women’s Employment in Thailand” (with Yong Yoon, Warn Nuarpear Lekfuangfu and Peera Tangtammaruk), in Informal Women Workers in the Global South: Policies and Practices for the Formalisation of Women's Employment in Developing Economies, edited by Jayati Ghosh, 178-214. London and New York: Routledge, 2021.

• “Will ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangements Induce Skilled Workers to Move? A Case Study of the Engineering Labor Market in Thailand" (with Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat), in Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration: Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Economic Community, edited by Elisabetta Gentile, 241-266. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019. 

• "A Survey of Literature on Siamese Land Rights, Landownership, and Agricultural Production during the Reign of King Chulalongkorn" (with Thanyaporn Chankrajang), In The Economic and Social Transformation of Thailand from Historical Perspective, edited by Dhirawat Na Pombejra, 75-119. Bangkok: The Economic and Social Transformation of Thailand from Historical Perspective Project Supported by the Thailand Research Fund, 2017.

Reports

• Trends, characteristics and COVID-19 impact on youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in Thailand https://www.ilo.org/asia/publications/WCMS_864769/lang--en/index.htm

Selected Work in Progress

• From Taxation to Building a Nation: The Evolution of Government Land Records in Siam (Revision Requested)

• Mandala Matters: Former Tributary States and Modern Civil Conflict in Thailand (with Christopher Paik and Joel Selway)

• Property Rights, Land Markets, and Land Use in Siam: Consequences of Siam’s 1901 Land Act

• Comparative Macroeconomic Development: Thailand and Japan from 1850 to 1970 (with Panarat Anamwathana)