Pak Hung Lam, Patrick
National Taiwan University
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Pak Hung Lam, Patrick
National Taiwan University
Hi, and welcome!
I joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at National Taiwan University as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Fall 2025. I am an applied microeconomist working in development economics. My research asks how environmental and economic shocks shape human capital and health in developing countries, and how China's growing role in global trade and natural resources reshapes development elsewhere. I also work on historical demography. I am always happy to connect with students and collaborators. Feel free to reach me at pakhunglam@ntu.edu.tw.
I joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at National Taiwan University as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Fall 2025. I am an applied microeconomist working in development economics. My research asks how environmental and economic shocks shape human capital and health in developing countries, and how China's growing role in global trade and natural resources reshapes development elsewhere. I also work on historical demography. I am always happy to connect with students and collaborators. Feel free to reach me at pakhunglam@ntu.edu.tw.
Employment/Affiliation
- Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, 2025 - Present
- Postdoctoral Associate, Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke University, 2023 - 2025
- Postgraduate Fellow, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale University, 2023
Education
- Ph.D. (Social Science), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2019 - 2023
- M.A. (Agricultural Economics), National Taiwan University, 2014 - 2016
- B.Soc.Sc. (Economics), Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009 - 2014
Recent Works
Tapping into excess capacity: Chinese machinery exports and African industrialization. Journal of International Economics, vol.164,104329, 2026.
with Yatang Lin, Fangyuan Peng, Jin Wang
with Yatang Lin, Fangyuan Peng, Jin Wang
Locusts fly, Babies die. Desert Locusts and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Countries.
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics.
with Guojun He.
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics.
with Guojun He.
Export Bans as Industrial Policy: Foreign Investment and Domestic Linkages in Indonesia’s Nickel Downstreaming.”
To be presented at the ADBI Escaping the Middle-Income Trap Conference; Journal of Development Economics special issue consideration.
with Bambang Brodjonegoro, Ritam Chaurey, Ngawang Dendup, Dil Rahut, Raja Rajendra Timilsina.
To be presented at the ADBI Escaping the Middle-Income Trap Conference; Journal of Development Economics special issue consideration.
with Bambang Brodjonegoro, Ritam Chaurey, Ngawang Dendup, Dil Rahut, Raja Rajendra Timilsina.
Migration Friction Costs, Ability Drain, and Microenterprise Downgrading: Evidence from Cambodian Microenterprises.
To be presented at the ADBI Escaping the Middle-Income Trap Conference; Journal of Development Economics special issue consideration.
with Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, and Pingting Song.
To be presented at the ADBI Escaping the Middle-Income Trap Conference; Journal of Development Economics special issue consideration.
with Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, and Pingting Song.