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Personal profile
Biography
Choon Wang is an associate professor in the Department of Economics. Choon obtained his PhD in 2010 from the University of California San Diego, where he was a Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow. Before joining the Department of Economics in October 2011, Choon worked at the World Bank's Development Research Group in Washington DC.
Choon is interested in a wide range of topics in the areas of behavioural economics, the economics of education, labour economics, development economics, public economics, and health economics. He often uses field or natural experiments as well as observational data to study the determinants of the education, health, and labour market outcomes of individuals in both developed and developing countries. These countries include Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam, and the United States. Choon has also provided technical and policy assistance to various governments. He has published in international refereed journals, such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics, Energy Economics, Population and Development Review, Sociology, Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Economics of Education Review, Comparative Education Review.
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Monash teaching commitment
ECC4860 Applied Economics Research Paper (2012-2015)
ECC2400 Current Issues in Applied Microeconomics (2016-present)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Economics
- Development
- Education
- Health
- Labour Economics
- Public Economics
Network
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RACE for 2030: Reliable Affordable Clean Energy for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE for 2030 CRC)
Beins, D., Liebman, A., Bahrani, B., Leroux, A., Kraal, D., Razzaghi, R., Strengers, Y., Goodwin, S., Pink, S., Rudolph, C., Raven, R., Bergmeir, C., Saunderson, J., Leslie, G., Gangadharan, L., Islam, A., Wang, L. C., Ward, M., Xiao, E., Wallace, M., Tack, G., Stuckey, P., Li, Y., Pan, S., de Nijs, F., Buckingham, E., Denis-Ryan, A., Ens, B., Dargaville, R., Chang, X., Yu, J., White, S., Zlatanov, N., Hyndman, R., Panagiotelis, A. & Athanasopoulos, G.
1/07/20 → 30/06/31
Project: Research
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IB: Islamic Bureaucracies and Pious Publics in Turkey and Indonesia
Millie, J., Senay, B. & Wang, L. C.
21/02/20 → 19/12/23
Project: Research
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Impact of IRI based mobile lessons on educational outcome of primary graders: A randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh
1/03/21 → 31/07/21
Project: Research
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Affirmative Action, Discrimination and Economic Development: Lessons and Evidence
1/01/17 → 31/07/17
Project: Research
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Non-price energy conservation program and household energy consumption in Bangladesh
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
- 25 Article
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Competence in the eye of the electorate: appearance, incumbency, and vote shares
Bilson, T., Rai, B., Smyth, R. & Wang, L. C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Legislative Studies Quarterly. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Public support in the United States for global equity in vaccine pricing
Chan, Y., Datt, G., Islam, A., Rai, B. & Wang, L. C., 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 8 p., 8960.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The long-term effects of genocide on antisocial preferences
Gangadharan, L., Islam, A., Ouch, C. & Wang, L. C., Dec 2022, In: World Development. 160, 15 p., 106068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Awareness of ethical dilemmas enhances public support for the principle of saving more lives in the United States: a survey experiment based on ethical allocation of scarce ventilators
Rai, B., Wang, L. C., Pandit, S., Handfield, T. & So, C. K., Aug 2021, In: Social Science & Medicine. 282, 10 p., 114171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Do government-initiated energy comparison sites encourage consumer search and lower prices? Evidence from an online randomized controlled experiment in Australia
Uddin, M., Wang, L. C. & Smyth, R., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 188, p. 167-182 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)