Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD (Economics), University of California, San Diego, 2010
Master of Economics, University of Adelaide, 2004
Bachelor of Economics (1st Class Hons.), University of Adelaide, 2001
Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), University of Adelaide, 2000
Work Experience
Associate Professor, Monash University, January 2019 - present
Senior Lecturer, Monash University, January 2016 - December 2018
Lecturer, Monash University, October 2011 - December 2015
Extended term consultant (Post-doc), World Bank's Development Research Group, July 2010 - September 2011
Instructor, University of Calilfornia, San Diego, April 2009 - June 2009
Research assistant, University of California, San Diego, July 2007 - June 2010
Teaching assistant, University of California, San Diego, January 2005 - December 2007
Research assistant, University of Adelaide, March 2002 - July 2004
Teaching assistant, University of Adelaide, March 2001 - July 2004
Awards, Distinctions, Fellowships and Scholarships
Department of Economics Teaching Prize (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Department of Economics Research Prize (2021)
Nominee for the VC’s award for excellence in honours supervision (2015)
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2009-2010)
University of California San Diego Graduate (Foreign) Student Tuition Awards (2005-2008)
University of Adelaide Post Graduate Student Scholarship (2003)
N.J. Thomson Memorial Prize for the Best Honours Thesis in Public Economics (2001)
Publications
Hassan, Hashibul, Islam, Asad, Siddique, Abu, and Wang, Liang Choon (2024). "Telementoring and homeschooling during school closures: A randomized experiment in rural Bangladesh," Economic Journal, forthcoming.
Wang, Liang Choon, Vlassopolous, Michael, Islam, Asad, and Hassan, Hashib (2024). "Delivering remote learning using a low-tech solution: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh," Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, forthcoming.
Bilson, Thomas, Rai, Birendra, Smyth, Russell, and Wang, Liang Choon (2024). "Competence in the eye of the electorate: Appearance, incumbency, and vote shares," Legislative Studies Quarterly, 49(1), 187-202.
Kim, Jun Sung, and Wang, Liang Choon (2024). "The differential effects of exchange rate fluctuations on housing price growth: Evidence from Australia," Regional Studies, 58(1), 135-50.
Hassan, Hashibul, Islam, Asad, Siddique, Abu, and Wang, Liang Choon (2023). "Emotional and behavioral impacts of telementoring and homeschooling support on children," with AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113, 1-5.
Islam, Asad, Tasneem, Sakiba, and Wang, Liang Choon (2023). "Fishermen's competitiveness and labor market performance: Evidence from shrimpers in Bangladesh," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 67(3), 346-363.
Gangadharan, Lata, Islam, Asad, Ouch, Chandarany, and Wang, Liang Choon (2022) "The long-term effects of genocide on antisocial preferences," World Development, 160, 106068.
Chan, Yee, Datt, Gaurav, Islam, Asad, Rai, Birendra, and Wang, Liang Choon (2022) "Public support in the United States for global equity in vaccine pricing," Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 8960.
Islam, Asad, Pakrashi, Debayan, Sahoo, Soubhagya, Wang, Liang Choon, and Zenou, Yves (2021) "Gender inequality and caste: Field experimental evidence from India," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 190, 111-124.
Rai, Birendra, Liang Choon Wang, Simone Pandit, Toby Handfield, and Chiu Ki So (2021) "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," Social Science & Medicine, 282(August), 114117.
Uddin, Main, Liang Choon Wang, and Russell Smyth (2021) "Do government-initiated energy comparison sites encourage consumer search and lower prices? Evidence from an online randomized controlled experiment in Australia," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 188, 167-182.
Islam, Asad, Debayan Pakrashi, Michael Vlassopoulos, and Liang Choon Wang (2021) "Stigma and misconceptions in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic: A field experiment in India," Social Science & Medicine, 278(June), 113966.
Islam, Asad, HongQi Alexis Tan, Claire Bristow, Md Golam Hasnain, Russell Smyth, and Liang Choon Wang (2021) "Impact of testing on sexually transmitted infections among female brothel sex workers in Bangladesh: a randomized controlled trial," American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 104(6), 1991-1999.
Balarama, Hemawathy, Asad Islam, Jun Sung Kim, Liang Choon Wang (2020) "Price elasticities of residential electricity demand: Estimates from household panel data in Bangladesh," Energy Economics, 92(October), 104937.
Wang, Liang Choon (2020) "Religious prohibition and sacrifice: Evidence from the Amish restriction on high school education," Journal of Demographic Economics, 86(3), 403-434.
Datt, Gaurav, and Liang Choon Wang (2020) "Schooling and learning deficits: a simple unified measurement framework," Comparative Education Review, 64(3), 470-497.
Datt, Gaurav, Liang Choon Wang , and Samia Badji (2020) "Is emigration of Nepalese workers contributing to better schooling outcomes for children in Nepal," Review of International Economics, 28(4), 1046-1075.
Islam, Asadul, Russell Smyth, Hongqi Tan, and Liang Choon Wang (2019) "Survey measures versus incentivized measures of risk preferences: Evidence from sex workers' risky sexual transactions," Social Science & Medicine, 238(Oct.), 112497 .
Hahn, Youjin and Liang Choon Wang (2019) "The effectiveness of single-sex schools through out-of-school activities: Evidence from South Korea," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 81(2), 369-393.
Kim, Jun Sung, Sophie Mitchell, and Liang Choon Wang (2019) "Hedonic pricing and the role of stud fees in the market for Thoroughbred yearlings in Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63(3), 439-471.
Carr, Daniel and Liang Choon Wang (2018) "The effect of after-school classes on private tuition, mental health, and academic outcomes: Evidence from Korea," Sociology, 52(5), 877-897.
Leibbrandt, Andreas, Liang Choon Wang, and Cordelia Foo (2018) "Gender quotas, competitions, and peer review: Experimental evidence on the backlash against women," Management Science, 64(8), 3469-3970.
Hahn, Youjin, Liang Choon Wang, and Hee-Seung Yang (2018) "Does greater school autonomy make a difference? Evidence from a randomized natural experiment in South Korea," Journal of Public Economics, 161(May), 15-30.
Islam, Asadul, Chandarany Ouch, Russell Smyth, and Liang Choon Wang (2017) "The intergenerational effect of Cambodia's genocide on children's education and health," Population and Development Review, 43(2), 331-353.
Raschky, Paul, and Liang Choon Wang (2017) "Reproductive behavior at the end of the world: the effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis on U.S. fertility," Applied Economics, 49(56), 5722-5727.
Islam, Asadul, Chandarany Ouch, Russell Smyth, and Liang Choon Wang (2016) "The long-term effects of civil conflicts on education, earnings, and fertility: Evidence from Cambodia," Journal of Comparative Economics, 44(3), 800-820.
Wang, Liang Choon (2016) "The effect of high-stakes testing on suicidal ideation of teenagers with reference-dependent preferences", Journal of Population Economics, 29(2), 345-364.
Del Carpio, Ximena, Ha Nguyen, Laura Pabon, and Liang Choon Wang (2015) "Do minimum wages affect employment? Evidence from the manufacturing sector in Indonesia," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 4(17), 1-30.
Wang, Liang Choon (2015) "All work and no play? The effects of ability sorting on students' non-school inputs, time use, and grade anxiety," Economics of Education Review, 44(1), 29-41.
Ewens, Michael, Bryan Tomlin, and Liang Choon Wang (2014) "Statistical discrimination or prejudice? A large sample field experiment," Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(1), 119-134.
Pomfret, Richard and Liang Choon Wang (2003) "Evaluating the research output of Australian universities' economics departments," Australian Economic Papers, 42(4), 418-441.
Seminar Presentations
Curtin University (May 2014), Deakin University (May 2014), Flinders University of South Australia (April 2016), LaTrobe University (April 2014), University of Adelaide (Aug 2013), University of California San Diego (Apr 2009; Nov 2009), University of Melbourne (Aug 2012; May 2017), University of Missouri - Columbia (Jan 2010), University of Oregon (Jan 2010), University of Queensland (Feb 2010; Sep 2014; Mar 2018), University of Sydney (Oct 2015), University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Sept 2011), University of Western Australia (May 2014), University of Wisconsin - Madison (Feb 2010), World Bank (Feb 2010; Oct 2017), Yonsei University (March 2016).
Conference and Workshop Presentations
Australasian Development Economics Workshop (Canberra, June 6 - June 7, 2018)
Midwest International Development Economic Conference (Minneapolis, April 27 - April 28, 2018)
Australia-India Development Economics Workshop (New Delhi, December 21 - December 22, 2017)
ISI Conference on Economic Growth and Development (New Delhi, December 18 - December 20, 2017)
Monash Business School Workshop on Sustainable Development (Prato, June 26 - June 27, 2017)
First Summer Meeting of the RISE Programme (Washington, June 18 - June 19, 2015)
Internal Economic Association's World Congress (Dead Sea, June 6 - June 10, 2014)
Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Singapore, August 2 - August 4, 2013)
Australasian Development Economics Workshop (Canberra, June 6 - June 7, 2013)
Labour Econometrics Workshop (Wollongong, Aug 10 - Aug 11, 2012)
Econometrics Society Australasian Meeting (Melbourne, July 4 - July 6, 2012)
IZA Workshop on Discrimination and Ethnicity: A Cross-Disciplinary Look at New Methodological Advances (Bonn, Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2011)
Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International (San Diego, Jun 28 - July 2, 2011)
Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International (Portland, Jun 29 - July 3, 2010)
All-University of California Labor Workshop, Poster Session (UC Riverside, Sept 21 - Sept 22, 2009)
Meetings of the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (Washington, DC, Apr 2 - Apr 5, 2009)
Graduate Workshop on Religion, Economics, and Politics (Old Town Alexandria, Jun 19 - Jun 22, 2008)
External Grants
Institute for Applied Economics, UCSD, 2008: USD 2,000
Australia-India Council (DFAT), 2017: AUD 52,000
International Growth Centre, 2017: GBP 19,850
Australian Research Council Discovery Project, 2020: AUD 161,015
EdTech Hub, 2021: AUD 67,554
World Bank's SIEF, 2023: AUD 403,488.48
Editorial position
Associate Editor - Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy (November 2015 - current)
Referees
Asia-Pacific Economic Literature, Economic Record, Economics of Education Review, Health Economics, Industrial Relation and Labor Review, Industrial Relations, International Review of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Journal of Public Economics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Public Choice, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, and Singapore Economic Review.
Supervisions
PhD
Salma Ahmed (completed in 2012)
Luc Borrowman (completed in 2014)
Chandarany Ouch (completed in 2015)
Chau Nguyen (completed in 2016)
Sakiba Tasneem (completed in 2018)
Yew Chong Soh (completed in 2018)
Alexis Hongqi Tan (completed in 2020)
Main Uddin (completed in 2020)
Hashib Hassan (completed in 2023)
Lisa Yee Wah Chan (current)
Quynh Nga Do (current)
Ashani Abayasekara (current)
Yuqun Gao (current)
Chaoli Yin (current)
Anika Zaman (current)
Luke Newman (current)
Mobarak Hossein (current)
Yitian Wang (current)
Imrul Kayes (current)
Zhilong Liu (current)
Xi Wang (current)
Honours/Masters
Shane Chung (Honours, 2012)
Stephanie Gainger (Honours, 2012)
Yew Chong Soh (Honours, 2012)
Cheng Yang (Masters, 2013-2014)
Daniel Carr (Honours, 2014)
Cordelia Foo (Honours, 2014) - Best Honours Research Paper
Sophie Mitchell (Honours, 2015) - Best Honours Research Paper
Mega Puspitasari (Masters, 2015-2016)
Hannah Denson (Honours, 2016)
Thomas Bilson (Honours, 2017)
Arek Chouzadjian (Honours, 2017)
Jacob Conway Smith (Honours, 2017) - Best Honours Research Paper
Hemawathy Balarama (Honours, 2018)
Sabrina Tang (Honours, 2019) - Best Honours Research Paper
Benjamin Thomas (Honours, 2019)
Laure Pavaday (Masters, 2020)
Quynh Nga Do (Honours, 2020)
Simone Pandit (Honours, 2020) - Best Honours Research Paper
Faye Khammo (Honours, 2022) - Best Honours Research Paper
Edward Ma (Honours, 2022)
Yitian Wang (Masters, 2023)
Imrul Kayes (Masters, 2023)
Xi Wang (Masters, 2023)
Elliott Cook (Honours, 2024)
Thu Hoang (Honours, 2024)
Jinghua Li (Masters, 2024)
Filip Rizov (Honours, 2024)
Eamon Stockers (Honours, 2024)