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publications
Adopting Conceptual Metaphors as a Persuasive Device in Learners’ Argument
Published in The Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics, 34(4): 25–51, 2018
Pre-Ph.D. publication in applied linguistics.
Recommended citation: Chung, Nara. (2018). "Adopting Conceptual Metaphors as a Persuasive Device in Learners' Argument." The Korean Journal of Applied Linguistics, 34(4): 25–51.
Labor Market Deregulation and Deaths of Despair
Published in Job Market Paper (Dissertation Chapter 1) — draft dated September 2, 2026, 2026
Using OECD employment protection indicators and WHO mortality data for 26 advanced economies (1998–2019), I show that major employment-protection deregulation reforms are followed by a significant rise in drug-related and suicide mortality within five years, with no corresponding rise in alcohol-related mortality — effects moderated by health-system effectiveness, income support, and poverty.
Recommended citation: Chung, Nara. "Labor Market Deregulation and Deaths of Despair." Job Market Paper, Colorado State University.
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The Addicted Predator–Prey Model: How Substance Abuse Shapes Productivity and Growth-Cycle Dynamics
Published in Working Paper (Dissertation Chapter 2), with Marwil J. Dávila-Fernández, Colorado State University, 2026
With Marwil J. Dávila-Fernández. Introduces substance abuse into the Goodwin growth-cycle model as an endogenous channel linking income distribution to aggregate productivity, and shows the system bifurcates into persistent, bounded fluctuations above a critical threshold.
Recommended citation: Chung, Nara, and Marwil J. Dávila-Fernández. "The Addicted Predator–Prey Model: How Substance Abuse Shapes Productivity and Growth-Cycle Dynamics." Working paper, March 2026.
Local Financialization, Financial Distress, and Deaths of Despair
Published in Work in Progress (Dissertation Chapter 3), 2026
Work in progress. Proposes a two-stage least squares design linking local financialization to household financial distress and, in turn, to deaths of despair at the state and county level.
Recommended citation: Chung, Nara. "Local Financialization, Financial Distress, and Deaths of Despair." Work in progress, Colorado State University.
talks
Labor Market Deregulation and Deaths of Despair
Published:
Winner, College of Liberal Arts “Top Scholar Award” — Highest Achievement in Scholarly/Research-Based Presentation.
The Addicted Predator–Prey Model: How Substance Abuse Shapes Productivity and Growth-Cycle Dynamics
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Forthcoming, September 2026.
The Addicted Predator–Prey Model: How Substance Abuse Shapes Productivity and Growth-Cycle Dynamics
Published:
Forthcoming, January 2027.
teaching
ECON 202: Principles of Microeconomics (Recitation)
Undergraduate course, Teaching Assistant, Colorado State University, Department of Economics, 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant and recitation leader for ECON 202 (Principles of Microeconomics). Spring & Fall 2021; Spring 2024.
ECON 204: Principles of Macroeconomics (Recitation)
Undergraduate course, Teaching Assistant / Recitation Leader, Colorado State University, Department of Economics, 2021
Graduate Teaching Assistant and recitation leader for ECON 204 (Principles of Macroeconomics). Fall 2022; Spring & Fall 2023.
ECON 204: Principles of Macroeconomics
Undergraduate course, Instructor of Record, Colorado State University, Department of Economics, 2025
Instructor of record for ECON 204 (Principles of Macroeconomics). Spring 2025 — 2 sections, 134 students; Fall 2025 — online, 22 students; Spring 2026 — 1 section, 165 students.
ECON 212: Racial Inequality and Discrimination
Undergraduate online course, Instructor of Record, Colorado State University, Department of Economics, 2025
Instructor of record for ECON 212 (Racial Inequality and Discrimination), online. Summer 2025 — 12 students; Spring 2026 — 13 students.
ECON 315: Money and Banking
Undergraduate online course, Instructor of Record, Colorado State University, Department of Economics, 2025
Instructor of record for ECON 315 (Money and Banking), online. Fall 2025 — 15 students.