Academic Journals

Das, S., Wye, C.-K., Shahiri, H. I. (2026). Documentation status and labour market outcomes of low-skilled migrants: Evidence across destination regimes. MSW Management, 36(2), 309-314. https://doi.org/10.7492/md1ka559 [Scopus-indexed]

Das, S., Shahiri, H. I., & Wye, C.-K. (2026). Language proficiency and migrant labour market integration: A bibliometric review of research trends (2000–2024). Veredas Do Direito, 23, e234178. https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.n4.4178 [ESCI & Scopus-indexed]

Wye, C.-K., & Bahri, E. N. A. (2025). Explaining English proficient Asian international students’ willingness to stay in Japan upon their graduation: the role of skills proficiency. International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, 19(2), 401–434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42495-025-00155-5 [ESCI & Scopus-indexed]

Lin, L., & Wye, C.-K. (2025). How does financial development affect labour productivity in China? The role of fintech investment. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 49(2), 107–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/03796205.2024.2439091 [Scopus-indexed]

Suppiah, R., Shahiri, H. I., Wye, C.-K., & Mohd Saukani, M. N. (2024). Human capital and post-retirement employment: The role of shared leisure and informal care. Asian Journal of Business Research, 14(3), 69 – 86. https://doi.org/10.14707/ajbr.240181 [Scopus-indexed]

Shaibani, A., & Wye, C.-K. (2024). Novel real remittance outflow indicator and its dynamic relationship with macroeconomic indicators in GCC. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 48(4), 347–364. https://doi.org/10.1080/03796205.2024.2378693 [Scopus-indexed]

Bahri, E. N. A., & Wye, C.-K. (2024). Nonlinearity in energy–employment nexus: the role of FDI, trade and growth in ASEAN-5. Journal of Social and Economic Development, 26(3), 963–991 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-023-00288-3 [ESCI & Scopus-indexed]

Suppiah, R., Shahiri, H. I., Wye, C.-K., & Mohd Saukani, M. N. (2024). Impak latihan di tempat kerja terhadap upah pekerja warga emas (English translation: Impact of on-the-job training on wages of older workers). Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 58(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2024-5802-4  [Scopus-indexed]

Sith, H., Shahiri, H. I., Wye, C.-K., & Abdul Karim, Z. (2024). Effect of wage-productivity gap on unemployment: evidence from emerging economies. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 58(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2024-5802-02  [Scopus-indexed]

Law, Y. S., & Wye, C.-K. (2023). The effects of fertility on female labour force participation in OECD countries: the role of education and health. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 47(3), 280 – 302. https://doi.org/10.1080/03796205.2023.2218055  [Scopus-indexed]

Shahiri, H., Husin, K. A., & Wye, C.-K. (2023). The effect of job rotation in a fixed wage setting model. SAGE Open, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231153846  [SSCI – Impact Factor: 2.032]

Li, X., & Wye, C.-K. (2023). The effect of investment in education on China’s economic growth: The role of financial development. The Chinese Economy, 56(1), 69 – 87. https://doi.org/10.1080/10971475.2022.2058182  [ESCI & Scopus-indexed]

Wye, C.-K., Bahri, E. N. A., Yussof, I., & Mao, W. (2022). How are energy and employment related? An analysis in ASEAN-5 open economies. Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 46(3), 201 – 223. https://doi.org/10.1080/03796205.2022.2143884  [Scopus-indexed]

Looi, K. H., Wye, C.-K., & Bahri, E. N. A. (2022). Achieving learning outcomes of emergency remote learning to sustain higher education during crises: An empirical study of Malaysian undergraduates. Sustainability, 14(3), 1598 – 1611. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031598  [SSCI – Impact Factor: 3.251]

Wye, C.-K., & Bahri, E. N. A. (2021). How does employment respond to minimum wage adjustment in China? The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 32(1), 90–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/1035304620970838 [SSCI – Impact Factor: 2.259]

Wye, C.-K., & Ismail, R. (2019). The effects of ability on returns to over- and under-education: Evidence from Malaysia. International Labour Review, 158(3), 535 – 559. [SSCI – Impact Factor: 1.26]

Ismail, R., Wye, C.-K., & Lukman, N. S. (2019). Workers’ ability index and optimal level of schooling in Malaysian service sector. Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development, 40(3), 37 – 68. [Scopus-indexed]

Khalid, N., Ismail, R., Wye, C.-K., Alma’amun, S., & Hamidi, H. N. A. (2018). Addressing endogeneity problem in estimating economic returns to schooling in Malaysia. International Journal of Economics and Management, 12(2), 537 – 549. [Scopus-indexed]

Wye, C.-K. (2018). Incorporating foreign direct investment and trade into energy-employment nexus: evidence from China. The Chinese Economy, 51(1), 69 – 96. doi:10.1080/10971475.2017.1368892 [ESCI & Scopus-indexed]

Ismail, R., Wye, C.-K., & Mohd Palel, N. S. (2017). Analysis of glass ceiling and sticky floor effects for gender wage gap in Malaysian labour market. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 51(2), 145 – 157. [Scopus-indexed]

Ismail, R., Farhadi, M., & Wye, C.-K. (2017). Occupational segregation and gender wage differentials: Evidence from Malaysia. Asian Economic Journal, 31(4), 381 – 401. doi:10.1111/asej.12136 [SSCI – Impact Factor: 0.444]

Mandari, H. E., Chong, Y. L., & Wye, C.-K. (2017). The influence of government support and awareness on rural farmers’ intention to adopt mobile government services in Tanzania. Journal of Systems and Information Technology, 19(1/2), 42 – 64. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSIT-01-2017-0005 [Scopus-indexed]

Wye, C.-K., & Lim, Y. M. (2014). Analyzing skill profile among business graduates: is it generic or specific?. International Journal of Business, Economics and Management, 1(5), 57 – 71.  

Wye, C.-K., Lim, Y. M., & Lee, T. H. (2012). Perceived job readiness of business students at the institutes of higher learning in Malaysia. International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics, 1(6), 149 – 156.  

Wye, C.-K., & Ismail, R. (2012). Labour market structure in Malaysia: Pre- and post-market gender comparison. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2(10), 259 – 284.

Wye, C.-K., & Ismail, R. (2012). Sources of labour productivity growth by economic sectors: A study of Malaysia 1972 – 2005. International Journal of Management, 29(2), Part 2, 760 – 777.  

Wye, C.-K., & Ismail, R. (2010). Employment act 1955 and gender inequality in Malaysian labour market: An overview of economic and psychological perspectives. Asian Profile, 38(3), 301 – 322.

Wye, C.-K., & Lim, Y. M. (2009). Perception Differential between Employers and Undergraduates on the Importance of Employability Skills. International Education Studies, 2(1), 95 – 105.