Shao-Hsun Keng

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Shao-Hsun Keng

Name	Shao-Hsun Keng
E-mail	shkeng@nuk.edu.tw
Highest Degree	Ph.D. Iowa State University, USA
Professional Experience	Professor, Department of Applied Economics, National University of Kaohsiung (2014/02~present) Executive Vice President for Academics ＆ Research, National University of Kaohsiung (2020/11/09~2021/07/31) Dean, College of Management, National University of Kaohsiung (2017/08~2021/01) Director of International MBA, National University of Kaohsiung (2014/04~2017/07) Department Head, Department of Applied Economics, National University of Kaohsiung (2005/08 ~2008/01)
Specialty	Health Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Teaching	Business Statistics, Econometrics , Human Resources . Research Methods, Managerial Economics
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Tel	(O): 886-7-5919181	Office	M611

Research Grant

“The Long-Term Effect of Childhood Health Insurance Coverage on Education, Labor Market Outcomes, and Intergenerational Mobility in Adulthood.” Ministry of Science and Technology (2022, MOST-111-2410-H-390-014)

“The Effect of Pension Reform on Fertility and Savings: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments of 2004 and 2017 Pension Reforms in Taiwan.” Ministry of Science and Technology (2021, MOST-110-2410-H-390-013)

“The Impact of Offshoring to China and Migrant Workers on the Labor Market Outcomes and Skill Intensity of Native Workers in Taiwan.” Ministry of Science and Technology (2020, MOST-109-2410-H-390-013)

“Soft Skills, Academic Achievement, and Labor Market Outcomes.” Ministry of Science and Technology (2019, MOST-108-2410-H-390-002)

“Institutional Research on Gender Issues in Higher Education: Statistical Discrimination in Student Evaluations of Teaching and the Effect of Class Gender Composition on Academic Achievement.” Ministry of Science and Technology (2018, MOST-107-2410-H-390-001)

“An Evaluation of the Tenure System and Student Evaluation, and Its Implications on Grading, Teaching Effectiveness, and Student Learning: The Case of the National University of Kaohsiung.” Ministry of Science and Technology (2016-2017, MOST-105-2410-H-390-001-MY2)

“Quality of Higher Education, Performance Pay, and Wage Inequality.” National Science Council. (2014-2015, MOST-103-2410-H-390 -001-MY2)

“The Expansion of Higher Education on Performance Pay and Wage Inequality in Taiwan: 1978-2006.” National Science Council (2013, Subsidies for Short-term Research Abroad for Scientists, MOST-102-2918-390-004)

“Cohort-Specific Human Capital and Inequality: The Case of Rising College Graduation in Taiwan, 1990-2012” National Science Council. (2013, NSC-102-2918-I-390 -004)

“The Causal Effect of the Study Time and Class Attendance on Academic Performance: A Natural Experiment from the Implementation of a Stricter Dismissal Policy.” National Science Council. (2013, NSC-102-2410-H-390 -001)

“Living Happily Ever After? The Effect of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance on the Happiness of the Elderly.” National Science Council. (2012, NSC-101-2410-H-390 -006)

“The Effect of Compulsory Drop out Policy on Course Selections and Grade Inflation.” National Science Council. (2011, NSC-100-2410-H-390-015)

“The Effect of Betel Quid Chewing and Smoking on Income.” National Science Council. (2010, NSC-99-2410-H-390-007)

“The Effect of Betel Quid Chewing and Smoking on Mortality.” National Science Council. (2009, NSC-98-2410-H-390-009)

“The Effect of the National Health Insurance on Mortality and Quality of Life of the Elderly.” National Science Council. (2008, NSC-97-2410-H-390-002)

“The National Health Insurance, Retirement Decision, and Health.” National Science Council. (2007, NSC-96-2415-H-390-001)

“Can the Education Subsidy and Tax Exemption Reverse the Falling Fertility in Taiwan?” National Science Council. (2006, NSC-95-2415-H-390-002)

“An Empirical Analysis of Returns to Four-Year Academic Colleges and Vocational Colleges in Taiwan.” National Science Council. (2005, NSC-94-2415-H-390-003)

“The Effect of Drunk Driving on Mortality.” National Science Council. (2004, NSC-92-2415-H-390-002)

Journal Articles

Kuang-Cheng Wang, Ping-Yao Chou, and Shao-Hsun Keng* (2022, forthcoming) “Reexamining Ad Valorem and Specific Taxation under Uncertainty.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (SSCI)

Shao-Hsun Keng (2020) “Gender Bias and Statistical Discrimination against Female Instructors in Student Evaluations of Teaching.” Labour Economics, 66 (SSCI, IF=1.335) (Grant: MOST-107-2410-H-390-001)

Shao-Hsun Keng* and Peter Orazem (2019) “Performance Pay, the Marriage Market and Rising Income Inequality in Taiwan.” Review of Economics of the Household, 17(3): 969-992 (SSCI, IF=1.184)

Shao-Hsun Keng (2018) “Tenure System and Its Impact on Grading Leniency, Teaching Effectiveness and Student Effort.” Empirical Economics, 55(3): 1207-1227 (SSCI, IF=1.029) (Grant: MOST-105-2410-H-390-001-MY2)

Shao-Hsun Keng*, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter Orazem (2017) “Expanding college access in Taiwan, 1978 – 2014: Effects on graduate quality and income inequality.” Journal of Human Capital, 11(1): 1-34 (SSCI, IF=1.5) (Grant: MOST-103-2410-H-001-MY2)

Shao-Hsun Keng. (2016) “The Effect of a Stricter Academic Dismissal Policy on Course Selection, Student Effort, and Grading Leniency.” Education Finance and Policy, 11(2): 203-224 (SSCI, IF=2.429) (Grant: NSC-100-2410-H-390-015)

Shao-Hsun Keng* and Shin-Yi Wu (2014). “Living Happily Ever After? The Effect of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance on the Happiness of the Elderly.” The Journal of Happiness Studies, 15(4): 783-808. (SSCI, IF=2.511) (Grant: NSC-101-2410-H-390-006)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu* (2013). “The Effect of National Health Insurance on Mortality and the SES-Health Gradient: Evidence from the Elderly in Taiwan.” Health Economics, 22(1): 52-72. (SSCI, IF=2.027) (Grant: NSC-96-2415-H-390-001)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu* (2013). “The Effect of Stimulants and Their Combined Use with Cigarettes on Mortality: The Case of Betel Quid.” The European Journal of Health Economics, 14(4): 677-695. (SSCI, IF=2.169) (Grant: NSC-99-2410-H-390-007)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Yang Li* (2012). “An Empirical Analysis of World Health Production with Cross-Country Heterogeneity.” Taiwan Journal of Applied Economics, special issue on productivity and efficiency research: 91-109. (TSSCI)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu* (2011). “Can Education Subsidy Reverse Falling Fertility? The Case of Taiwan.” Journal of Development Studies, 47(11): 1677–1698. (SSCI, IF=01.531) (Grant: NSC-95-2415-H-390-002)

Shao-Hsun Keng * and Ya-Fen Lo (2011). “Does attendance to a four-year academic college versus vocational college affect future wages?” Asia Pacific Education Review, 12(1): 117-127. (SSCI, IF=0.847) (Grant: NSC-94-2415-H-390-003)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Yang Li* (2010) “Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity in World Health Production; A Stochastic Frontier Approach.” Applied Economics, 42: 3011-3021. (SSCI, IF=0.968)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Wallace Huffman* (2007) “Binge Drinking, and Labor Market Success: A Longitudinal Study on Young People.” Journal of Population Economics, 23(1): 303-322. (SSCI, IF=1.259)

Shao-Hsun Keng (2005) “Helmet Use and Motorcycle Fatalities in Taiwan.” Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37(2): 349-355. (SSCI, IF=3.058) (Grant: NSC-92-2415-H-390-002)

Shao-Hsun Keng and Chun-Hung Lin* (2005) “Wives’ Value of Time and Food Consumed Away from Home in Taiwan.” Asian Economic Journal, 19(3): 319-334. (SSCI, IF=0.20)

Shao-Hsun Keng, Steve Garasky, and Helen Jensen* (2002) “Welfare Dependence and Recidivism in an Era of Welfare Reform.” Applied Economics, 34(18):2311-23. (SSCI, IF=0.968)

Shao-Hsun Keng, Steve Garasky, and Helen Jensen* (2000) “Innovation at the State Level: Initial Effects of Welfare Reform in Iowa.” Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 24(2), 155-167.

Working Papers

Conference Presentation

Shao-Hsun Keng “The Causal Effect of Soft Skills on Academic Outcomes.” Annual Conference of Asian and Australian Society of Labor Economics, Tokyo, Japan, December 8-10, 2022.

Shao-Hsun Keng “Gender Bias and Statistical Discrimination against Female Instructors in Student Evaluations of Teaching.” Annual Conference of Asian and Australian Society of Labor Economics, Singapore, December 12-14, 2019.

Shao-Hsun Keng* and Peter Orazem “Performance Pay, the Marriage Market and Rising Income Inequality in Taiwan.” Annual Conference of Asian and Australian Society of Labor Economics, Seoul, South Korea, December 13-15, 2018.

Shao-Hsun Keng. “Tenure System and Its Impact on Grading Leniency, Teaching Effectiveness and Student Effort.” Inaugural conference of Asian and Australian Society of Labor Economics, Canberra, Australia, December 7-9, 2017.

Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter Orazem. “Expanding college access in Taiwan, 1978 – 2014: Effects on graduate quality and income inequality.” 9th biennial meeting of Hong Kong Economic Association, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 12-13, 2016.

Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter Orazem. “Expanding college access in Taiwan, 1978 – 2014: Effects on graduate quality and income inequality.” 10th annual meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal, University of Coimbra, Portugal, July 1-3, 2016.

Shao-Hsun Keng “Tenure System and Its Impact on Grading Leniency, Teaching and Student Effort.” Presented at the 2015 National Conference on Teaching and Research in Economic Education, American Economic Association, May 27-29, 2015, Minneapolis, USA.

Shao-Hsun Keng “The Effect of a Stricter Academic Dismissal Policy on Course Selection, Student Effort, and Grading Leniency.” presented at the 89th annual meeting of Western Economics Association, Denver, USA, June 27-July 1, 2014.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Shin-Yi Wu “Living Happily Ever After? The Effect of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance on the Happiness of the Elderly.” presented at 10th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference, March 14-17, 2013, Tokyo, Japan.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu. “The Effect of Stimulants and Their Combined Use with Cigarettes on Mortality: The Case of Betel Quid,” presented at the annual meeting of the Western Economic Association, San Francisco, USA, June 28-July 2, 2012.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu. “The Effect of National Health Insurance on the Mortality and Quality of Life of the Elderly in Taiwan,” presented at the 2nd Health Econometrics Workshop, Rome, Italy, July 15-July 17, 2010.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu. “An Analysis on the Effect of Betel Quid Chewing and Its Combined Use with Cigarettes on Mortality,” presented at Annual Conference of Taiwanese Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan, December, 2009.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu. “The Effect of National Health Insurance on the Mortality and Quality of Life of the Elderly in Taiwan,” presented at Western Economic Association International 8th Biennial Pacific Rim Conference, Kyoto, Japan, March, 2009.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu. “The Effect of Educational Assistance on the Household’s Fertility Decision,” presented at Western Economic Association 83th Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July, 2008

Shao-Hsun Keng and Sheng-Jang Sheu. “Can Education Subsidy Reverse the Falling Fertility in Taiwan?” presented at Annual Conference of the Society of Labor Economists, Chicago, IL, May 2007.

Sheu, Sheng-Jang and Shao-Hsun Keng. “Decomposition of Earnings Differentials between Immigrants and Natives-- the Aftermath of 1949 Migration in Taiwan,” presented at Annual Conference of Macroeconomics and Econometrics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, December 2006.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Yang Li. “Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity in World Health Production: An Application of Stochastic Frontier Approach,” presented at the Conference of Productivity and Efficiency, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2005.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Chun-Hung Lin. “Estimation of the Elasticity of Substitution between College Graduate Workers in Different Experience Cohorts: The Case of Taiwan,” presented at the 4th Annual Conference of Empirical Economic, National Dong-Hwa University, Taiwan, April 2003.

Shao-Hsun Keng and Chun-Hung Lin. “Wives’ Value of Time and Food Consumed Away from Home in Taiwan: 1983-2000,” presented at the Taipei International Conference of Population Change, Labor Market Transition and Economic Development in Asia, Academia Sinica, Taipei, December 2002.

Shao-Hsun Keng, Steve Garasky, and Helen Jensen. “Location and the Low-Income Experience: Analyses of Program Dynamics in the Iowa Family Investment Program.” Presented at Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform: A Research Conference on Poverty, Welfare, and Food Assistance, Washington, D.C., May 2000.

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