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FONG, Joelle H.

FONG, Joelle H.

FONG, Joelle H.

Associate Professor

PhD (Applied Economics), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Joelle H. Fong is Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She holds a PhD in Applied Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Joelle’s broad research agenda focuses on the economic and health aspects of population aging, and their implications for policy. Her research interests include pension economics and finance, public and private insurance markets, financial literacy and retirement, longevity risk management, and long-term care financing. Her research has been published in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, The Gerontologist, Health Services Research, and Journal of Aging & Social Policy. Joelle currently serves as a board member of the Singapore College of Insurance and as a member of the Steering Committee at the Next Age Institute. She was the President of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association in 2020-2021, and also a recipient of the 2022 Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship (Singapore). At LKYSPP, she served as the chair/co-chair of the Master in Public Administration programme from 2019-2023. Joelle worked in the Singapore Civil Service before joining academia.

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  • Annuity pricing

  • Economic and health aspects of population aging

  • Health state transition modeling

  • Longevity risk management and retirement security

  • Long-term care financing and insurance

  • Pension economics and finance

  • Public and private insurance markets

  • PP5136 - Applied Public Sector Economics
  • PP5301 - Economic Reasoning and Policy
  • PP5406 - Quantitative Research Methods for Public Policy
  • PP5509 - Pensions and Retirement Policies
  • PP5542 - Economics of Ageing
  • PP5801 - Economic Analysis
  • PP5804 - Governance Study Project

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Journal Articles

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Book Chapters

  • Aging Asia and Implications for Social Security Programs

    Fong JH & Klassen T (2023). ‘Aging Asia and Implications for Social Security Programs’, in K.J. Baehler, ed., Oxford Handbook of Governance and Management for Social Policy, Oxford University Press (pp. 207-218).

  • Handicap

    Fong, JH. (2020). ‘Handicap’, in D. Gu and M.E. Dupre, eds., Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, Springer, forthcoming.

  • Growing old in Hong Kong: Responding to an increasingly frail population

    Fong, JH. (2018). “Growing old in Hong Kong: Responding to an increasingly frail population”, in M. Higo, N.S. Dhirathiti & T.R. Klassen, eds., Ageing in the Asia Pacific: Interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives, Routledge, forthcoming.

  • Income Security

    Fong, JH. & C. Gee (2018). “Income Security”, in K.H. Phua & M.T. Yap, eds., Ageing in Asia: Contemporary Trends and Policy Issues, World Scientific Publishing, forthcoming.

  • Longevity Risk and Annuities in Singapore

    Fong, JH., OS. Mitchell & BSK. Koh (2010).”Longevity Risk and Annuities in Singapore”, in R. Clark and O.S. Mitchell, eds., Reorienting Retirement Risk Management, Oxford University Press, 156- 176.

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Op-Eds

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Book Review

  • The Singapore Economy

    Fong, JH (2023). "The Singapore Economy, 1st edn, by Hian Teck Hoon (Routledge, New York, 2021)," Paperback: 364 pages. The Economic Record, 99(324), 124-126.