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.
My research mainly focuses on geographic and social mobility and their interactions, spanning labor economics, economic geography, and economic history. 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, January 2026
Also available from [RFBerlin][Harvard Business School]
Coverage: [Cato Institute][Forbes][VoxEU]
Presentation: NBER Summer Institute, Taiwan Economic Research Workshop, Myongji University, 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, UEA 2026 Barcelona*, 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.
Presentation: EcoSta2026 (Scheduled)
Mass Transit and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Urban Light Rail in Taiwan.
joint with Yung-Chia Li
Sharing the Burn: How Regional Cooperation Reshaped Waste Treatment Efficiency.
joint with Yi-Ru Chang
The Great Migration and Southern Inequality.
joint 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)