HUI, Weng Tat

HUI, Weng Tat

HUI, Weng Tat

Associate Professor

PhD (Economics) Australian National University

Hui Weng Tat specialises in the impact of globalisation on labour markets, economic issues of migration, education, ageing and retirement, and labour market policies in Singapore. He has also taught in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore before joining the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in 2004. He has acted as a consultant to the Ministry of Manpower, the International Labour Organization, UNCTAD and was the Associate Research Fellow of the then Singapore Institute of Labour Studies from 1991-1994. He has held various appointments which include Deputy Director of the Public Policy Programme (1997 – 1998), Deputy and Acting Head of the Department of Economics (1998 – 2000), Vice Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2000 – 2003) and Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2004 – 2008) at the National University of Singapore. He is on secondment as Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, in Astana, Kazakhstan from 2016-current.

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  • Ageing and poverty

  • Globalisation and labour market impact

  • Human capital and migration policy

  • Income inequality

  • Pensions and social security policy

  • Population

  • Singapore labour market

  • Labour market policy issues

  • PP5403 Economic Foundations for Public Policy

  • PP5101 Economics and Public Policy I

  • PP5105 Public Policy Research and Evaluation

  • PP5288 Labour Market Policy Issues

  • PP5501 Economic Applications for Public Organisations

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Journal Articles

  • Economic Growth and Inequality in Singapore: The Case for a Minimum Wage

    “Economic Growth and Inequality in Singapore: The Case for a Minimum Wage”, International Labour Review, Vol 152, No. 1, (2013), pp. 107-123.
  • Trade Liberalization, Labour Demand Shifts and Earnings Inequality in Singapore

    “Trade Liberalization, Labour Demand Shifts and Earnings Inequality in Singapore”, R. Toh,  Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, Volume 24, No.  3, (2012), pp 65-82 .
  • Foreign Labour and Economic Growth: Policy Options for Singapore

    “Foreign Labour and Economic Growth: Policy Options for Singapore”, with A. Hashmi, The Singapore Economic Review, Vol. 52, No. 1 (2007) 53–72

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Book Chapters

  • Macroeconomic Trends and Labour Welfare: A Focus on Retirement Adequacy
    “Macroeconomic Trends and Labour Welfare in Singapore: A Focus on Retirement Adequacy” in Kang Soon Hock and Leong Chan-Hoong (eds.) Singapore Perspectives 2012, Singapore Inclusive: Bridging Divides, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing 2012, pp. 37-58.
  • Balancing Employment of Foreigners and Employment for Singaporeans

    “Balancing Employment of Foreigners and Employment for Singaporeans” in A Mahizhnan (ed), Singapore Perspectives 2004, Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2004
  • Foreign Manpower Policy in Singapore

    “Foreign Manpower Policy in Singapore “, in Koh, Lim, Hui, Rao, Chng (eds) Singapore Economy in the 21st Century: Issues and Strategies, McGraw Hill , 2002

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