Center on the Family

Hua Zan
Assistant Researcher
Krauss Hall, Room 18
hzan@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-9419

Profile

Hua Zan is an Assistant Researcher (tenure-track) in Family Economics at Center on the Family. She conducts applied research related to health, family economic well-being, and family/consumer policy. One line of her work is about behavioral aspects of health. She studies how individual characteristics and environmental influences (e.g., market information) affect health behaviors. In the other line of work, she studies the economic well-being of different populations and factors (e.g., children’s health, caregiving, economic downturn) that are associated with family economic well-being.

Degree

Ph.D. in Family Resource Management, The Ohio State University

Areas of Interest

Aging
Health
Health behavior
Family economic well-being
Family/consumer policy

Courses

HDFS 360 Family Resource Management

HDFS 454 Family Public Policy

Recent Publications

Fan, J.X., & Zan, H. (2017). The “model minority” myth: Asian American middle class before, during, and after the Great Recession. Singapore Economic Review, 1-17. DOI: 10.1142/S0217590817430044

Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. (2017). The effects of children’s health on mothers’ employment. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9552-5

Zan, H., Lambea, M., McDowell, J., & Scharff, R. L. (2017). An economic evaluation of food safety education interventions: Estimates and critical data gaps. Journal of Food Protection, 80(8), 1355-1363. DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-16-510

Zan, H., & Fan, J.X. (2017). Reporting more but moving less? The complex relationship between physical activity and acculturation among U.S. adults. American Journal of Health Promotion. First published online: June 29, 2017. DOI: 10.1177/0890117117716415
Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. (2017). Regional differences in the value of statistical life. Journal of Consumer Policy, 40(2), 157-176. DOI:10.1007/s10603-017-9347-y

Zan, H., & Scharff, R.L. 2015. The heterogeneity in financial and time burden of caregiving to children with chronic conditions. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19(3): 615-625. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1547-3.

Lee, S., Sohn, S., Rhee, E., Lee, Y.G., & Zan, H. 2014. Consumption patterns and economic status of older households in the United States. Monthly Labor Review, http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/consumption-patterns-and-economic-status-of-older-households.htm

Zan, H., & Fan, J. X. (2010). Cohort effects of household expenditures on food away from home. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 44 (Spring): 213-233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2010.01163.x

Awards

Applied Consumer Economics Award, American Council on Consumer Interests, 2014

Curriculum Vitae

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