Experience

Center for Finance and Development, IHIED; Oct 2022 - Present

PhD Researcher ; Geneva, CH

• SNIS project titled “Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic: Improving Data to Prevent Debt Crises” under Prof. Ugo Panizza. See more on project website

TCX fund (Original Sin Project); Jun 2022 – Sep 2022

Research Assistant to Prof. Ugo Panizza ; Geneva, CH

• Dataset expansion and empirical estimation on sovereign bond data

• CEPR Discussion paper “Yet it Endures The Persistence of Original Sin” by Eichengreen, Hausmann, Panizza

Department of Economics, University of Lausanne; Jul 2021 – Jun 2022

Research Assistant to Dr. Rachel Cordonier & Prof. Philippe Bacchetta ; Lausanne, CH

• Dataset expansion and empirical estimation on foreign-currency-denominated corporate bonds from emerging markets

• JIE paper “The Rise in Foreign Currency Bonds: The Role of US Monetary Policy and Capital Controls”

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration, IHEID ; Mar – July 2021

Research Assistant to Prof. Richard Baldwin ; Geneva, CH

• Contributed to the NBER paper: “Telemigration and development: On the offshorability of teleworkable jobs”

International Labour Organization (ILO) ; Feb 2019 – Aug 2020

Consultant/ External Collaborator (INWORK Department) ; Bangkok, TH 

Research Intern (Regional Economic and Social Analysis unit) ; Bangkok, TH

Other interesting experience before Econ:

Melbourne Museum, Guangzhou Museum, HK Census Enumerator

Education

M.A. - Ph.D., Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID), 2020 - present

M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2017-18

B.A., City University of Hong Kong (CityU), 2013-17