
2025 International Symposium on Applied Economics (IMES)

Date: February 21th, 202
Venue: First Meeting Room, 13th floor, South Wing, General
Building, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Event Rundown:
09:00 – 09:10 AM : Opening Remarks
09:10 – 12:30 PM : Sessions 1 (Labor Economics)
CHAIR TZU-TING YANG Academia Sinica, Taiwan
TOPIC I
Me After You: Spousal Death and Economic Adjustments in a Developing
Economy l Saisawat Samutpradit, Osaka University, Japan/Thailand
TOPIC II
The Motherhood Effect on Earnings amid Declining Fertility: Evidence
from Korea l Jisoo Hwang, Seoul National University, Korea
TOPIC III
Sources of Wage Inequality in Taiwan: Decomposition of Between- and
Within-Firm Wage Inequality l Po-Chun Huang, National Chengchi
University, Taiwan
TOPIC IV
Girls Help Girls but Not Boys: Revisiting Gender Peer Effects in
Elementary Schools l Chihiro Inoue, Kobe University, Japan
12:30 – 14:30: Lunch Break
14:30 – 17:50 PM (Applied Economic Fields)
CHAIR WEN-CHIEH WU National Chengchi University, Taiwan
TOPIC I
Trade Liberalization in Oligopsony l Joonkyo Hong, National Taiwan
University, Taiwan/Korea
TOPIC II
Performance scores and strategic choices of kidney transplant centers
l Han-Loong NG, Academia Sinica, Taiwan/Malaysia
TOPIC III
Aging Farmers and the Role of Community in Adaption to Extreme
Temperature Effects on Crop Yields l Yi-Chun Ko, Asian Growth Research
Institute, Japan/Taiwan
TOPIC IV
Political and Economic Determinants of Property Taxation: Evidence
from Taiwan l Chien-Hao Fu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
17:50 PM: Closing Remarks
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