Wage Subsidies and the Labor Supply of Older People: Evidence from Singapore's Workfare Income Supplement Scheme

I currently completed and submitted to a journal a paper on the labour supply impact of a wage subsidy program for older workers. In particular, I looked at the impact of the Workfare Income Supplement Scheme in Singapore and found that the program increased the labour supply of women age 60 to 64 by 3.3 and 5.4 percentage points. This is the same paper I presented at the Asian Pacific Economies Seminar in May. You can find the paper on SSRN.

Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning: A case study in economics

I have completed and uploaded on SSRN a new version of my joint paper with JingPing Li on using Wikipedia in teaching economics.

Rural-Urban Migration and the Skill Wage Premium in Brazil: 1980-2000

I have uploaded a new version of my paper on rural-urban migration and the skill wage premium in Brazil. It is available on SSRN

Cidade De Deus Redux: Inequality, Migration and Violent Crime in Brazil between 1980 and 2000

I recently finished a first draft of my paper "Cidade de Deus Redux: Inequality, Migration and Violent Crime in Brazil between 1980 and 2000". It is available on SSRN (just follow the link). Feel free to send any comment or question you may have.

Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning in Economics

I have finished a first draft of my joint work with Li JingPing on "Using Wikipedia to enhance student learning in Economics". I had the opportunity to present this paper at the Development in Economics Education conference in Exeter, UK, organized by the Higher Education Academy in the UK.

This presentation also lead to a follow up in The Economics Network newsletter where I talked about our conference and my research on economics education.

European Economic Association Conference, European Regional Science Association Conference, European Association of Labour Economists and Portuguese Economic Journal Meetings

During this summer I had the opportunity to present my joint work with Xiaoye Li - "How immigration reduced social capital in the U.S.:2005-2011" at the European Economic Association Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden; the European Regional Science Association Conference in Palermo, Italy; the European Association of Labour Economics Conference in Turin, Italy and the Portuguese Economic Journal Meeting in Covilhã, Portugal.

Thank you to all the participants in these meetings for their comments. We are currently revising the article and be uploading and submitting a new version of this paper soon.

How Immigration Reduced Social Capital in the US: 2005-2011

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2222650
Joint work with Xiaoye Li submitted to Journal. Furthermore, will be presenting this paper at a seminar at the University of Nottingham - Ningbo and Western Economic Association International  (WEAI) Meeting in Tokyo this March.

How the 1978 Changes to the Foreign Domestic Workers Law in Singapore Increased the Female Labour Supply

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2220107
Finally submitted to Journal.

North American Regional Science (NARSC) Conference - Ottawa 2012

My articles "The Impact of Migration on the Gender Wage Gap" and "How Unemployment, Inequality, Wages, and Migration Determine Violent Crime in Brazil Between 1980-2000." have been accepted for presentation at NARSC Conference in 2012. Furthermore, my co-author, Xiaoye Li, a PhD student at NUS, will be presenting our joint work: "Migration and the Decline of Social Capital in the U.S.: How Migration Lead to a Reduction in Volunteering between 2004-2010".

Public Policy article based on my research on Aceh, Indonesia

In the March 2012 issue of The WaterLeader, I published an article on: "Effective Aid Management in the Aftermath of Water Crisis: Lessons from Post-Tsunami Aceh". This article comes from my research on aid delivery in Aceh after the tsunami. You can read The WaterLeader Magazine here.

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