update: Feb 2014
CURRICULUM VITAE
WORAWAN CHANDOEVWIT
OFFICE ADDRESS:
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Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)
565 Ramkhamhaeng Soi 39,
Ramkhamhaeng Rd, Wangthonglang
Bangkok 10310 THAILAND
02-718-5460 ext 424
02-718-5461
worawan@tdri.or.th, worawan.tdri@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
1999: Ph.D. (Economics), University of Alberta, Canada.
1991: MA (Economics), Thammasat University, Thailand.
1988: BA (Economics), Thammasat University, Thailand.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
December 2013-present:
Lecturer, Faculty of Management Science, Khon Kaen University.
Advisor, Social Security, Human Resources and Social Development (HRS), TDRI.
October 2007-November 2013:
Research Director, Social Security, Human Resources and Social Development (HRS),
TDRI.
November 2003-September 2007:
Senior research specialist: Human Resources and Social Development (HRS), TDRI.
December 2006-March 2007:
Visiting research fellow: Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER).
April 2005-April 2006:
Lecturer: Faculty of Management Science, Khon Kaen University.
November 1999-October 2003:
Research specialist: Human Resources and Social Development (HRS), TDRI.
August 1991-June 1993:
Research assistant: Sectoral Economics Program (SEP), TDRI.
PRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
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International Health Economic Association Congress in Sydney, July 8-11, 2013. A
presentation with Wichsinee Wibulpolprasert on the topic “The Impact of Thailand’s
Health Care Reform”.
21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Pattaya, August 25-29, 2013.
The topic is “Social Return on Investment on Child and Youth Health Promotion
Programs”.
Social and Economic Aspect of Elderly in Thailand, International Conference on
Population Ageing: Issues and Challenges at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
July 11, 2012.
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Lessons Learnt from Seven Years’ Implementation of the UI Scheme in Thailand,
ASEAN Seminar on Unemployment Insurance, Income Security Measures and Active
Labour Market Policies, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, March 21-22, 2012.
Financial Sustainability for a Better Quality of Healthcare in Thailand, First Global
Conference on Health Systems Research, November 16, 2010, Montreux, Switzerland.
The Social Protection Floor Initiative, Pre-Conference Workshop, 2010 Joint World
Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda, June 10, 2010,
Hong Kong.
Inter-Regional Project: How to Strengthen Social Protection Coverage in the Context
of the European Union Agenda on Decent Work and Promoting Employment in the
Informal Economy, organized by EU-ILO, September 28-30, 2008, Brussels, Belgium.
Discussant, the Seventh Asian Economic Policy Review Conference (Demographic
Change and Asian Dynamics), sponsored by the Japan Center for Economic Research
(JCER), September 20, 2008, Tokyo, Japan.
Discussant, 19th Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics (The Demographic
Transition in the Pacific Rim) sponsored by National Bureau of Economic Research,
Inc., Korea Development Institute, China Center for Economic Research, Chung-Hua
Institution for Economic Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Productivity Commission, Australia, Singapore Management University, Tokyo
Center for Economic Research, June 19-21, 2008, Seoul South Korea.
Policy Response for the Aging in Thailand at the international conference on “Aging
East Asia: Policy Responses and Regional Cooperation co-organized by Policy
Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan and Asian Development Bank Institute,
June 1, 2006, Tokyo, Japan.
Labour Market Issues in Thailand at the Global Development Network (GDN)
Conference on the session entitled “The Labour Market Issues in Asia,” January 2628, 2004, New Delhi, India.
SELECTED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:
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Social and Economic Aspects of the Elderly in Thailand, Journal of Malaysian
Economic Studies, 50(2), 193-206, 2013.
Security and Social Protection, in Thai Health 2013, page 16-17, Institute for
Population and Social Research, Mahidol University.
Chapter 3 Children and Welfare and Chapter 8 Elderly and Welfare in Thai Life in
Two Decades of Development, edited by Prof. Dr. Mingsarn Kaosa-ard and
Nutthaporn LiamJaruskul, January 2013. (in Thai)
“Social Return on Investment: Child and Youth” Program, Submitted to Thai Health
Promotion Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation, 2012.
Worawan Chandoevwit, A Review of Unemployment Insurance in Thailand after Nine
Years of Implementation, TDRI Quarterly Review, December, 2012.
Chapter 5 Economic Impact and Human Capital (co-wrote with Amonthep Chawla)
and Chapter 7 Policy Implication of Thailand’s Population Trends (co-wrote with
Gavin Jones) in Impact of Demographic Change in Thailand, UNFPA, 2011.
“Is it always true that government employees earn less than private employees,” TDRI
Quarterly Review, September 2011.
“Options for Managing Expenditure of the Civil Servant Medical Benefit,” submitted
to Comptroller General Office, May 2011. (in Thai)
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Comment on Japan’s Unprecedented Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers
by Naohiro Ogawa et al in The Demographic Consequences of Demographic Change
in East Asia edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K Rose, NBER-East Asia Seminar on
Economics, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Comment on Pension Issues in Japan: How Can We Cope with the Declining
Population? By Noriyuki Takayama in The Demographic Consequences of
Demographic Change in East Asia edited by Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K Rose,
NBER-East Asia Seminar on Economics, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press,
2010.
“Options for Social Welfare in Thailand,” submitted to Thai Health Foundation, 2010.
(in Thai)
“An Evaluation of the Safe Motherhood Hospital Program,” TDRI Quarterly Review,
June 2010.
“The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis and Policy Responses in Thailand,” TDRI
Quarterly Review, March 2010.
“Synthesis of Research and Knowledge for Solving Country’s Crisis (Unemployment
Issue),” December 2009. (in Thai).
“National Statistical Master Plan 2010-2014,” submitted to the National Statistical
Office, December 2009. (in Thai).
“Social Welfare for Thais,” A paper presented at Year-End Conference, November 2526, 2009. (in Thai).
“National Pension Plan Phase II,” submitted to Foundation of Thai Gerontology
Research and Development. (in Thai) 2008.
Inter-Regional Project: How to Strengthen Social Protection Coverage in the Context
of the European Union Agenda on Decent Work and Promoting Employment in the
Informal Economy, Thailand: A Case Study, ILO, September 2008.
“ILO Global Wage Trends Report: Thailand,” a report submitted to ILO, December
21, 2007.
“Old-Age Income Security,” a research submitted to Health Promotion Fund, January
2008. (in Thai)
“Retirement Age and Saving for Retirement,” a collaborative research submitted to
the Ministry of Labor, February 2008. (in Thai)
“Using Multiple Data for Calculating the Maternal Mortality Ratio in Thailand” TDRI
Quarterly Review, September 2007.
“Social Security Systems in Japan: Lesson Learned for Thailand” a research paper
submitted to Japan Centre of Economic Research, March 2007.
“Policy Challenges for Social Security for Private Employees” TDRI Quarterly
Review, December 2006.
“The Marginal Cost of Public Fund on Thailand’s Commodity Taxes”, a research
project with Prof. Bev Dahlby, University of Alberta. Published in eJournal of Tax
Research, Vol. 5 No. 1, July 2007.
The Impact of Unemployment Insurance in Thailand, a project under healthy public
policy program funded by the National Health Foundation, November 2006. (in Thai)
Social Security Systems in Thailand, funded by CIDA, August 2006.
Social Protection Mechanisms to Mitigate the Impact of FTA, one part of a two-year
project entitled “People Participation and the Impact of FTA”, funded by Thailand
Research Fund, September 2006. (in Thai)
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Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: Thailand Social Protection Institutional
Assessment, prepared for Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and
the World Bank, January 2006. (in Thai)
Risk and Vulnerability Assessment: Measuring Deprivation and Vulnerability: Toward
a Practical Approach in Thailand, prepared for Ministry of Social Development and
Human Security and the World Bank, January 2006. (in Thai)
“Financing Universal Healthcare Coverage” TDRI Quarterly Review, September
2005.
Extra Funding for Universal Healthcare Coverage, funded by the Health System
Research Institute, April 2005. (in Thai)
“Labour Market Issues in Thailand” TDRI Quarterly Review, June 2004.
“Social Protection Expenditure and Performance Review of Thailand” prepared for
ILO, 2004.
“Feasibility of the Rehabilitation Centre in Lower Northeastern Region” A research
project for the Social Security Office, 2004 (in Thai).
“Old Age Income Security and Poverty Incidence,” a paper for the Poverty Reduction
Partnership between the World Bank and TDRI, October 2003.
“Unemployment Insurance,” Symposium at Thammasat University, 17 June 2003. (in
Thai).
“Appropriate Pattern of the Unemployment Insurance Program in Thailand (in Thai),”
(project leader) sponsored by the Social Security Office, September 2002.
“An Evaluation Report on the Second Social Security Plan and a Study for the Third
Social Security Plan (in Thai),” prepared for Social Security Office, January 2002.
“Social Safety Net (in Thai),” TDRI Working Paper No. 31, December 2001.
“Social Protection and Unemployment Insurance (in Thai),” paper presented at TDRI’s
2001 Year-End Conference, 24-25 November 2001.
“Unemployment Insurance” TDRI Quarterly Review, September 2000.
“The Role of Welfare Administrators in Welfare Participation in Canada,” a Ph.D.
dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, 1999.
ON-GOING RESEARCH
 Health Equity and Health Status, supported by National Health Security Office and the
Rockefeller Foundation. (2012-2014)
 Work Plan to Support Social Welfare Advocacy, supported by Thai Health Promotion
Foundation. (2013-2015)
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