Hi, Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics at National Taiwan University. My research focuses on agricultural, development, environmental, and health economics. I am also interested in industrial policies and climate change. Reach me at pakhunglam@ntu.edu.tw.
Employment/Affiliation
- Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, 2025 - Present
- Postdoctoral Associate, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke University, 2023 - 2025
- Postgraduate Fellow, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale University, 2023
Education
- Ph.D. (Social Science), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2019 - 2023
- M.A. (Agricultural Economics), National Taiwan University, 2014 - 2016
- B.Soc.Sc. (Economics), Chinese University of Hong Kong , 2009 - 2014
Recent Works
Tapping into Excess Capacity: Chinese Machinery Export and African Industrialization.
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of International Economics.
with Yatang Lin, Fangyuan Peng, Jin Wang
Locusts fly, Babies die. Desert Locusts and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Countries.
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics.
with Guojun He.
Quantity-Quality Trade-off in Northeast China during the Qing Dynasty.
Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 1-38.
with Yu Bai and Yanjun Li
Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Academic Performance Among Children in North Carolina.
JAMA Network Open, 6(10), 2023.
with Emma Zang, Dieyi Chen, Riyang Liu, Kai Chen. Link
• Selected Media Coverage: World Economic Forum
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of International Economics.
with Yatang Lin, Fangyuan Peng, Jin Wang
Locusts fly, Babies die. Desert Locusts and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Countries.
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics.
with Guojun He.
Quantity-Quality Trade-off in Northeast China during the Qing Dynasty.
Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 1-38.
with Yu Bai and Yanjun Li
Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Academic Performance Among Children in North Carolina.
JAMA Network Open, 6(10), 2023.
with Emma Zang, Dieyi Chen, Riyang Liu, Kai Chen. Link
• Selected Media Coverage: World Economic Forum