- Citizenship : Canadian Permanent Resident; Singapore Citizen
- Employment :
- Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, 09/2014-Present
- Assistant Professor (Tenured) at the Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, 07/2011-08/2014
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University, 07/2006-06/2011
- Education :
- Ph.D. in Economics from Department of Economics in The University of Toronto , 2001-2006
- M.Soc.Sc. in Economics from the Department of Economics in National University of Singapore , 1999-2001
- B.A., Economics & Statistics from the National University of Singapore 1991-1994
- Ph.D. in Economics from Department of Economics in The University of Toronto , 2001-2006
- Research Interest : Applied Micro & Applied Econometrics, Welfare Economics
- Academic Visits :
- Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, 05/2018-06/2018
- Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Guelph, 07/2012-06/2013
- Publications:
- Health, loneliness and the ageing process in the absence of cardinal measure: Rendering intangibles tangible, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, December 2022, 22, 100369. Joint with Gordon Anderson and Rui Fu.
- Sufficient conditions for jth order stochastic dominance for discrete cardinal variables, and their formulae, Economics Letters, December 2021, 209, 110144. Joint with Gordon Anderson.
- On the Asymptotic Distribution of (Generalized) Lorenz Transvariation Measures, Metron, 2017, 75(2), 195-213. Special Issue: Transvariation After a Hundred Years.
- Quantifying Changes in Economic and Social Justice: The U.S. 1960-2000, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2017, 18(1), 17-45. Joint with Gordon Anderson. Previously circulated as "Quantifying Progress in Equality of Opportunity in the U.S. 1960-2000 in the Context of Many Outcome and Circumstance Indicators".
- A Note on a Family of Criteria for Evaluating Test Statistics, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2016, 45(11), 3138-3144. Joint with Gordon Anderson.
- Measuring Advances in Equality of Opportunity: The Changing Gender Gap in Educational Attainment in Canada in the Last Half Century, Social Indicators Research, 2014, 119(1), 73-99. Joint with Gordon Anderson and Robert Muelhaupt.
- An Empirical Examination of Matching Theories: The One Child Policy, Partner Choice and Matching Intensity in Urban China, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41(2), 468-489. Joint with Gordon Anderson.
- A Polarization-Cohesion Perspective on Cross-Country Convergence, Journal of Economic Growth, 2012, 17(1), 49-69. Joint with Gordon Anderson and Oliver Linton.
- Distributional Overlap: Simple, Multivariate, Parametric and Non-Parametric Tests for Alienation, Convergence and General Distributional Difference Issues, Econometric Reviews, 2010, 29(3), 247-275. Joint with Gordon Anderson and Ying Ge. Online Publication Date: 7 January 2010.
- Child Poverty, Generational Mobility and the One Child Policy in Urban China, Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55(s1), 607-629. Joint with Gordon Anderson.
- Working Papers/Work in Progress :
- Alienation and Segmentation in Latent Classes of American Household Income Distributions, 1977-2015, with Gordon Anderson. (In Preparation)
- On Providing a Complete Ordering of Non-Combinable Alternative Prospects, with Gordon Anderson. (Under Revision)
- Unpublished Works :
- From Maternal Preference to Joint Custody: The Impact of Changes in Custody Law on Child Educational Attainment
- The Impact of Child Custody Legislation on Child Quality: A Differential Fecundity Perspective
- Dealing with Increasing Dimensionality in Wellbeing and Poverty Measurement, Some Problems and Solutions, with Gordon Anderson and Paul Anand.
- Invited Seminars:
- 2018: National Taiwan University, June 2018
- 2015: Mount Allison University, Janurary 2015
- 2010: Mount Allison University, February 2010; University of Waterloo, March 2010
- 2009: International University of Japan, October 2009
- 2008: Mount Allison University, February 2008
- 2007: Dalhousie University, January 2007
- 2018: National Taiwan University, June 2018
- Conference Presentations :
- 2019:
- WEAI, 94th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 2019
- MEA/SOLE, 83rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, March 2019
- WEAI, 94th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 2019
- 2018:
- Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), 23rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 2018
- Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), 23rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 2018
- 2015:
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 2015
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, May 2015
- 2014:
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, May 2014
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, May 2014
- 2011:
- 4th meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), Catania, Sicily, July 2011
- International Association for Research in Economic Psychology, IAREP/SABE/ICABEEP 2011 Conference, Exeter, July 2011
- 4th meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), Catania, Sicily, July 2011
- 2010:
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Quebec, May 2010
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Quebec, May 2010
- 2009:
- Far East & South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, Tokyo, August 2009
- 2008:
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, June 2008
- Far Eastern & South Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Singapore, July 2008
- 2007:
- Canadian Economic Association Annual Meetings, Halifax, June 2007
- Singapore Economics Review Conference, August 2007
- 2006:
- Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), "Wage Growth and Mobility: Micro, Macro and Intergenerational Evidence", Mannheim, March 2006
- 2019:
- Awards & Services :
- Awards : Saint Francis Xavier University, University Research/Publication/Teaching Award, 2009, 2012-2014, 2016, 2018, 2022
- Grants : Saint Francis Xavier University, University Council for Research Grant, 2006
- Referee : Journal of Economic Growth (2); International Economic Review; Economic Development and Cultural Change; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Review of Economics of the Household (2); The Economic Journal (2); Journal of Human Capital; Journal of Population Economics; The Manchester School; Southern Economic Journal; Canadian Journal of Economics; Social Choice & Welfare; Social Indicators Research; Review of Income and Wealth
- Committees :
- StFX Health Program Tenure Track Hiring Committee, 2022
- StFX, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. Chair in Arctic Marine Security Policy Selection Committee, 2016-2017
- StFX Academic Computing Committee, 2014-2015
- Department of Economics, Hiring Committee, 2008 & 2009
- Atlantic Canada Economic Association, 2007 - 2011
- Organizing Committee :
- Atlantic Canada Economic Association 35th Annual Conference (Antigonish, 2006 & 2007)
- Conference on Matching Models in Economics (Toronto, May 2004)
- Grant Referee :
- Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2007 & 2019.
- Dutch Research Council (NWO), 2019
- Courses Taught/Teaching :
- St. Francis Xavier University:
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- Introduction to Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics I
- Microeconomics II
- Economics of Labour & Human Resources
- Health Economics
- Econometrics I
- Econometrics II
- Econometrics III
- Industrial Organization
- Advanced Microeconomics
- Advanced Macroeconomics
- Mathematical Economics
- Seminar
- University of Toronto (Teaching Assistant):
- Economics of the Family
- Labour Economics
- Microeconomics with Calculus
- National University of Singapore:
- Pre-Enrollment Graduate Mathematics for Economics (Instructor)
- Macroeconomics (Teaching Assistant)
- Introduction to Statistical Methods (Teaching Assistant)
- St. Francis Xavier University:
- Honours Thesis & Advance Major Students & Placements :
- 2021
- Harlee Melinchuk: Bank of Canada.
- 2019
- Amy Rowe: Master of Management Analytics at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Currently an Associate at Charles River Associates (Toronto)
- 2018
- Nolan O'Reilly: MA (Economics) at Simon Fraser University
- Scott Sampson: MA (Economics) at Queen's University. Currently an Associate at Charles River Associates (D.C.)
- David Zurel: MA (Economics) at University of Toronto. Currently an Operations Analyst at The Citco Group Ltd (Halifax)
- 2017
- Claude-Michelle Chavy-Waddy: MSc (Statistics) at University of Toronto
- Gordon La: MFE (Financial Economics) at University of Western Ontario. Currently a Capital Markets Research Analyst at CBRE Limited (Toronto).
- Patrick MacKinnon: MA (Economics) at University of Western Ontario. Currently an Economist at the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.
- Sarah MacPhee (Co-Supervisor): MA (Economics) at Queen's University. Currently an Economic Analyst at Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
- Hannah Rochon (Advanced Major): MSc (Epidemiology) at McGill University. Currently a Research Analyst at Broadstreet Health Economics & Outcomes Research
- 2016
- Brett Connell (Co-Supervisor): MA (Economics) at Queen's University.
- Thomas Hindle: MA (Economics) at Queen's University. Currently an Economist at the Conference Board of Canada.
- Cole Grbavac: KPMG, Calgary. Currently, a Senior in Business Modelling at Ernst & Young (Calgary)
- 2015:
- William Fosey: Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Currently a Resident Doctor at Alberta Health Services.
- Mark Wickson: MSc Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Guelph
- 2012:
- Tong Li: MA (Economics) at the University of Waterloo.
- 2011:
- Jefferson Harding: MA (Economics) at University of Guelph. Currently, Senior Financial Analyst at Capital One, Virginia.
- Amanda McVean (Advanced Major): Account Strategist at the Aber Group. Currently, Manager of Media Acquisition & eBusiness at Scotiabank.
- 2010:
- Janine Farmer (Co-Supervisor): MA (Economics) at Queen's University.
- Thomas C. Feltmate: MA (Economics) at Queen's University. Currently, Senior Economist at TD Bank Canada.
- Colleen Glenn: MActSc (Acturial Science) at the University of Waterloo. Currently, Consulting Actuary at Eckler Ltd.
- Matthew Johnson: MA (Economics) at the University of Toronto. Currently, Economist at Ontario Ministry of Finance.
- Chelsea Mitchell: Joint JD (Juris Doctor) & MA (Economics) at Queen's University. Currently, Legal Counsel at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
- Gregory Mills: MA (Economics) at the University of Ottawa. Currently, Web Analyst at Free The Children.
- Sara Olfert: MA (Economics) at the University of Alberta. Currently, Financial & Strategic Policy Consultant at Government of Saskatchewan.
- John Scannell: JD (Juris Doctor) at the University of Cincinnati.
- 2009:
- Gao Qian: MA (Economics) at the University of Waterloo.
- 2008:
- Chance Creelman: MSc (Environmental Sciences) at St. Francis Xavier University. Currently, VP Research and Development at Eosense.
- James D. Crowe: MA (Economics) at the University of Toronto.
- David Hamilton: MA (Economics) at Dalhousie University.
- Marguax MacDonald (Co-Supervisor): MA/PhD (Economics) at Queen's University. Currently, Researcher at International Monetary Fund (IMF), Research Department.
- 2007:
- Joanna Kirton(Co-Supervisor): Coady Institute Intern.
- 2021
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