Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, June 2009
  • Dissertation: Empirical Tests of Contract Theory
  • Committee: Mike Conlin (Chair), Thomas Jeitschko, John D. Wilson, Kent Miller
• M.A., Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, May 2004
  • Member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society
• B.A., Economics, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan, May 2002
  • University Distinguished Student

Academic Employment

• National Chengchi University, Taiwan
  • Associate Professor, August 2026 – present
• National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
  • Professor, August 2018 – July 2026
  • Associate Professor, August 2014 – July 2018
  • Assistant Professor, August 2009 – July 2014

Research Interests

Industrial Organization, Health, Family and Gender

Awards and Grants

• National Science Council (Ministry of Science and Technology) Research Grants, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 (×2), 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–18, 2018–20, 2020–22, 2021–22, 2022–24, 2023–25, 2024–27, 2025–27
• Young Scholar Consulting Program, Social Science Research Center, National Science Council, 2010
• Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2009
• Becker Center’s Price Theory Summer Camp Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2008
• Teaching Assistantship, Michigan State University, 2006–2009
• Thesis Award, China Development Industrial Bank Foundation, 2005
• National Chung Cheng University
  • Research Awards, Department of Economics and College of Management, 2014, 2016–2024
  • Financial Database and Analysis Center Grants, College of Management, 2010–2014
  • Academy to Business Workstation Grants, College of Management, 2010, 2011, 2014

Referee Services

BMJ Quality & Safety, Nature Human Behaviour, Journal of Health Economics, BMC Public Health, Health Policy and Technology, Asian Economic Journal, Health Economics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Empirical Economics, World Economy, Children and Youth Services Review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Taiwan Economic Review, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Geriatrics, Singapore Economic Review, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Economics Bulletin, Bulletin of Economic Research, Academia Economic Papers, Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management, Taipei Economic Inquiry, Taiwanese National Science Council Research Grant, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Economic Modelling, International Journal of Commerce and Strategy, Agriculture and Economics, Taiwanese Applied Economics Review

Professional Service

• Committee Member, Taiwan Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chiayi, 2024
• Local Committee Member, Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Annual Meeting, Taipei, 2023
• Supervisor, Taiwan Economic Association, 2022–2023, 2024–2025
• Scientific Committee, International Health Economics Association World Congress, 2015, 2017, 2019

Seminars

• 2026: National University of Kaohsiung, National Cheng Kung University (×2), Chia-Yi Girls’ Senior High School
• 2025: Song Shan Senior High School, National Taipei University, National Taiwan University (Public Health), Taiwan Society of Health Economics (virtual), Peking University (School of Economics, virtual)
• 2024: National Central University, National University of Kaohsiung, National Taiwan University
• 2023: National Chung Cheng University (brownbag), Academia Sinica (RCHSS)
• 2022: Taiwan Society of Health Economics (virtual)
• 2021: Academia Sinica, Survey Research Data Archive Workshop at Tunghai University
• 2020: National Taiwan University
• 2019: Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University (Ag Econ)
• 2018: National Tsing Hua University, National Taiwan University
• 2017: University of Western Australia, National Central University, Jinan University
• 2016: Academia Sinica, Taiwan Society of Health Economics, National Chung Hsing University, National Taiwan University
• 2015: National Chengchi University, National Taipei University
• 2014: National Cheng Kung University, National Tsing Hua University
• 2013: Tamkang University, Feng Chia University
• 2012: Nottingham University Business School China, National Taiwan University
• 2011: National Tsing Hua University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Academia Sinica, National Taipei University
• 2010: National Taiwan University, Feng Chia University
• 2009: National Central University, National Taiwan Ocean University
• Job talks: Academia Sinica, National Tsing Hua University, National Chung Cheng University, Fudan University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, National Chengchi University, National Chi Nan University

Conferences

(c: chair, d: discussant, p: presenter)

• European Health Economics Association Conference, Rotterdam, July 2026 (p)
• The 15th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Minneapolis, June 2026 (p)
• The 15th Tri-Country/Asia Pacific Health Economics Symposium, Tokyo, September 2025 (p)
• The 2025 Joint Asian and European Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Singapore, August 2025 (p)
• The 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society, Seoul, August 2025 (p)
• The 2025 International Health Economics Association Congress, Bali, July 2025 (p)
• The 14th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Kuala Lumpur, July 2025 (p)
• The 14th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Nashville, June 2025 (p, d×3)
• The 5th Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Guangzhou, December 2024 (d)
• Taiwan Economic Association Annual Conference, Chiayi, November 2024 (d×3)
• The 2nd International Conference on the Frontier of Health Economics and Public Policy, Wuhan, September 2024 (p)
• European Health Economics Association Conference, Vienna, July 2024 (p×2)
• 2024 Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household, Singapore, May 2024 (p)
• Demographic Change and Wellbeing in Japan and Asian Economies, Tokyo, February 2024 (p, c)
• The 4th Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Manila, December 2023 (d)
• Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Annual Meeting, Taipei, December 2023 (p, c)
• The 38th meeting of the European Economic Association and the 75th European meeting of the Econometric Society, Barcelona, August 2023 (p)
• The 13th Tri-Country/Asia Pacific Health Economics Symposium, Taipei, March 2023 (p)
• Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics 2022 Conference, Tokyo, December 2022 (p, c)
• The 3rd Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Matsushima, December 2022 (p)
• Network and Trade Workshop at Academia Sinica, Taipei, May 2022 (online; p)
• Taiwan Economic Association Annual Conference, Taipei, December 2021 (p, d)
• Taiwan Society of Health Economics Conference, Taipei, November 2021 (p, d)
• Health, Welfare, and Sustainability Conference, Tainan, November 2021 (p)
• International Economic and Industrial Development Conference, Hualien, November 2021 (p, d)
• International Conference on Changing Family Life in East Asia, Taipei, September 2020 (p)
• European Health Economics Association Conference, Oslo, July 2020 (p, postponed)
• The 13th World Congress in Health Economics, Basel, July 2019 (p)
• Taiwan Society of Health Economics Annual Meeting, Taipei, December 2018 (p)
• Taiwan Economic Association Annual Conference, Taipei, December 2018 (p)
• Taiwan Econometric Society Annual Conference, Taipei, November 2018 (p)
• Taiwan Economics Research, Taipei, August 2018 (p)
• European Health Economics Association Conference, Maastricht, July 2018 (p)
• Taiwan Economics Research, Taipei, August 2017 (c)
• The 12th World Congress in Health Economics, Boston, July 2017 (p)
• 2017 Conference on Health and Development, Taipei, June 2017 (p, c)
• The 2017 Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Bristol, April 2017 (p)
• Taiwan Economics Research, Taipei, August 2016 (p)
• European Health Economics Association Conference, Hamburg, July 2016 (p)
• Taipei International Conference on Growth, Trade and Dynamics, Taipei, June 2016 (p)
• Taiwan Economics Research, Taipei, August 2015 (p)
• The 11th World Congress in Health Economics, Milan, July 2015 (p)
• The 90th Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, Hawaii, June 2015 (p, d)
• International Conference of the Thailand Econometric Society, Chiang Mai, January 2015 (p)
• ISPOR 6th Asia-Pacific Conference, Beijing, September 2014 (p)
• Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Taipei, June 2014 (p)
• Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Philadelphia, January 2014 (p)
• The 9th World Congress in Health Economics, Sydney, July 2013 (p)
• The 13th Annual Conference of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Taipei, June 2012 (p)
• Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Chicago, January 2012 (p, d)
• The 8th World Congress in Health Economics, Toronto, July 2011 (p)
• The 12th Empirical Economics Conference, Hsinchu, June 2011 (d, p)
• Annual Meeting of the Taiwanese Economic Association, Taipei, December 2010 (p)
• The International Conference on Accounting and Information Technology, Chiayi, July 2010 (p)
• The 11th Empirical Economics Conference, Taipei, May 2010 (d, p)
• The 8th International Industrial Organization Conference, Vancouver, May 2010 (c, d, p)
• Annual Meeting of the Taiwanese Economic Association, Taipei, December 2009 (p)
• Annual Meeting of the American Law and Economics Association, San Diego, May 2009 (p)
• Taipei International Conference on Efficiency and Productivity Growth, Taipei, July 2005 (p)

Teaching Experience

• National Chengchi University
  • Empirical Economics and Data Analysis, Fall 2026
  • Health Economics, Fall 2026
• National Chung Cheng University
  • Graduate Empirical Microeconomics, Fall 2014–2023, 2025
  • Graduate Empirical Industrial Organization, Spring 2010–2026
  • Graduate Microeconomic Theory, Fall 2009–2012
  • Graduate Mathematical Economics, Fall 2011–2012 (with Yu-Shan Hsu)
  • Undergraduate Game Theory, Fall 2010–2014
  • Undergraduate Microeconomics, Fall 2013–2023, 2025; Spring 2015–2026
• Michigan State University
  • Undergraduate Introduction to Macroeconomics, Summer 2006