Yi-Ju Hung (洪以儒)
Welcome to my website. I am an assistant professor of economics at National Chung Cheng University in Chiayi, Taiwan.
I study labor economics, economic geography, and economic history. My research mainly focuses on geographic and social mobility and their interactions. I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California in 2024.
Working Papers:
joint with James Feigenbaum, Marco Tabellini, and Monia Tomasella
NBER Working Paper, 34775, February 2026
Also available from [RFBerlin][Harvard Business School]
Presentation: Myongji University (Scheduled), National Cheng Kung University, TCUS Economics Conference, National University of Kaohsiung, NBER Immigrants and the US Economy*, Milan PhD Economics Workshop (Bocconi)*, Opportunity Insights Conference on Economic Mobility*
Engines of Uplift: The Local Returns of HBCUs for Black Americans in the South, 1870–1940.
joint with Jorge De la Roca, February 2026
Presentation: WEAI (Scheduled), UEA 2026 Barcelona (Scheduled)*, NBER Race and Stratification, Taiwan Economic Research Workshop (TER), National Cheng Kung University, TCUS Economics Conference, University of Padova (dSEA)*, MEA 2024
Wealth Transfer Tax and Wealth Inequality.
joint with Da-Kai Wu
Empirical Economics, revise and resubmit, January 2026
Presentation: Chunghua Association of Public Finance Annual Meeting*, Taiwan Economic Association Annual Conference (TEA)*
Selected Works in Progress:
Law-Abiding Guests? Immigration and Crime in Taiwan.
Mass Transit and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Urban Light Rail in Taiwan.
with Yung-Chia Li
Sharing the Burn: How Regional Cooperation Reshaped Waste Treatment Efficiency.
with Yi-Ru Chang
The Great Migration and Southern Inequality.
with Jack Chapel
Presentation: EHA 2026, MEA 2024*
Resting Paper:
Immigration and Economic Opportunity.
November 2023
Presentation: National Chung Cheng University, CIER, All California Labor Economics Conference (ACLEC), CSU Long Beach, Data-Intensive Research Conference (NDIRA) (Poster), EHA (Poster), USC, SSHA, Southern California Graduate Conference in Applied Economics (SOCAE)