Dr. Jessica Vechbanyongratana is an assistant professor of economics at Chulalongkorn University. She holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from Whitman College (USA) and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder (USA). Dr. Vechbanyongratana’s research interests and publications focus on contemporary issues in the Thai labor market, as well as 19^th and 20^th century Thai and American economic history.