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Hwei-Lin Chuang, Ph.D.

Hwei-Lin Chuang, Ph.D.

President

Contact：
Secretary：Hui Chun Chen
TEL：+886-7-3426031 ext. 1102
E-mail：president@mail.wzu.edu.tw
Office：Zhishan Hall 11F (1102)

Overview

University Governance

Education Background

Ph.D., Economics, Ohio State University ,U.S.A

Career

Dr. Hwei-Lin Chuang is the President of Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages. After receiving a B.A. from National Taiwan University, she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University. She was a research associate at the Center for Human Resource Research at Ohio State University in 1990.  Prior to joining Wenzao University in 2023, she had been a professor of economics at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) since 1991. She was also a visiting scholar of economics at University of California, Los Angeles from 1997 to 1998.

During her affiliation with NTHU, she served in many administrative positions, including three years as Chairperson of the Department of Economics, one year as Director of the Undergraduate Program of Management and Technology, four and half years as Director of the University Library, two years as Dean of the Commission of General Education, and three years as Dean of the College of the Technology Management.

Her teaching and research focus is in the areas of empirical labor economics and applied micro-econometrics. Her writings cover publications in journals such as International Review of Economics and Finance, Pacific Economics Review, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Social Science & Medicine, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Quantitative Finance, Astin Bulletin, Economic of Education Review, Journal of Asian Economics, Asian Economic Journal, Journal of Socio-Economics, Journal of Social Psychology, Applied Economics, Taiwan Economic Review, Journal of Financial Studies, Journal of Management, etc. She is also a member of the editor committee for the Taiwan Journal of Applied Economics.

Dr. Chuang has been a consultant for the public sector in Taiwan, offering professional advice to Council for Economic Planning and Development, Ministry of Education at the central government level as well as Taipei City Government and Hsinchu City Government at the local government level. She has won numerous grants and awards, among which are the Research Award of the National Science Council, the Service Award of the Ministry of Education, and the Research Award of the National Tsing Hua University. She also served for several terms at the Board of Trustees for Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages.

Awards

  1. Awarded Rewards for Faculty Academic Excellence by National Tsing Hua University.
  2. Awarded Research Project Grants as the principal investigator by National Science and Technology Council.
  3. Awarded Outstanding Class Advisor of College of Technology Management by National Tsing Hua University.
  4. Awarded for Excellent Service by the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China.
  5. Awarded 2020 Best EMBA Research Papers (as advisor) by Chinese Society for Management of Technology.
  6. Awarded Excellent Senior Faculty for 30 Consecutive Years of Teaching Service by National Tsing Hua University.

Scholarly Publications

Journal Paper：

  1. Hwei-Lin Chuang, Yang Zhao Tingting Zhu(2025).Entrepreneurial teams and gender roles: evidence from equity crowdfunding achievement, Small Business Economics, Published: 08 January 2025. (Forthcoming )(SSCI)
  2. Yu-Sheng Kao, Kai Zhao, Hwei-Lin Chuang, Yu-Cheng Ku(2024). The asymmetric relationships between the Bitcoin futures’ return, volatility, and trading volume. International Review of Economics and Finance, 89,524-542. (SSCI)
  3. Liao, Tsai-Ling, Hwei-Lin Chuang and Jo-Yu Wang (2022). Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance and the Pricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings. International Review of Economics and Finance. (SSCI)
  4. Kao, Yu-Sheng, Hwei-Lin Chuang and Yu-Cheng Ku (2020). The Empirical Linkages among Market Returns, Return Volatility and Trading Volume: Evidence from the S&P 500 VIX Futures. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 54, 1-12.
  5. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Shih-Yung Chiu (2020). Sample Selection Issues and Applications. Handbook of Financial Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine Learning, 3867-3886.
  6. Chuang, Hwei-Lin (2019) Retirement Contracts. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. New York, U.S.A.: Springer Publishing.
  7. Wu, Huoying and Hwei-Lin Chuang (2018). An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Employment on the First Birth Decision for Married Women in Taiwan. Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance, Volume 6, 249-276.
  8. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Eric S. Lin and Shih-Yung Chiu (2017). The Gender Wage Gap in the Financial Industry: Evidence from the Interindustry Ranking. International Review of Economics and Finance. 44, 1-13. (SSCI) MOST 106-2629-H-007-001.
  9. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Eric S. Lin (2017). The Employment Status of Marriage Immigrants in Taiwan. Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance, Volume 5, 121-150.
  10. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Cheng-Wai Sou and Shih-Yung Chiu (2016). Pension Reform and Self-Employment in Hong Kong. Journal of Financial Studies, 24(3), 91-122. (TSSCI) MOST 102-2410-H-007-001.
  11. Tao, Yu-Li, Hwei-Lin Chuang and Eric S. Lin (2016). Performance and Compensation: Evidence from Postseason Participation in Major League Baseball. Journal of Management, 33(2), 239-251. (TSSCI)
  12. Tao, Yu-Li, Hwei-Lin Chuang and Eric S. Lin (2016). Compensation and Performance in Major League Baseball: Evidence from Salary Dispersion and Team Performance. International Review of Economics and Finance, 43, 151-159. (SSCI)
  13. Chiu, Shih-Yung and Hwei-Lin Chuang (2016). Employability and Wage Compensation in an Asian Economy: Evidence for Female College Graduates in Taiwan. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 52(4), 853-868. (SSCI) MOST 100-2410-H-007-019.
  14. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Ning Hsieh and Eric S. Lin (2010). Labor Market Activity of Foreign Spouses in Taiwan: Employment Status and Choice of Employment Sector. Pacific Economic Review, 15(4), 505-531. (SSCI) NSC 98-2410-H-007-017.
  15. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Min-Teh Yu (2010). Pricing Unemployment Insurance An Unemployment-Duration-Adjusted Approach. Astin Bulletin, 40, 519-545. (SSCI) NSC90-2415-H-007-004.
  16. Chang, S.-S., J.A.C. Sterne, W.-C. Huang, Hwei-Lin Chuang, and D. Gunnell (2009). The Association of Secular Trends in Unemployment with Suicide in an Asian Population: A Time-Trend Analysis for Taiwan, 1959-2007. Public Health, 124, 49-54. (SSCI) NSC91-2811-H-007-001.
  17. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Shih-Cheng Lee, Yi-Chun Lin and Min-Teh Yu (2009). Estimating the Cost of Deposit Insurance with Stochastic Interest Rates: The Case of Taiwan. Quantitative Finance, 9(1),1-8.
  18. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Wei-Chiao Huang (2007). A Re-examination of the Suicide Rates in Taiwan. Social Indicators Research, 83, 465-485. (SSCI) NSC91-2811-H-007-001.
  19. 莊慧玲、林世昌(2006). 台灣婦女勞動供給實證研究之發展. 經濟論文叢刊, 34(2), 119-172.(TSSCI)
  20. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Shih-Cheng Lee, Yi-Chun Lin and Min-Teh Yu (2006). Estimating Fair Capital Holdings with Stochastic Interest Rates for Banks in Taiwan. Journal of the Chinese Statistical Association, 44, 145-170.
  21. 莊慧玲、蔡勝弘(2006). 電子「薪」貴嗎？電子製造業與傳統製造業受僱員工薪資報酬差異之研究. 管理學報, 23(1), 1-21. (TSSCI) NSC93-2415-H-007-004.
  22. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Wei-Chiao Huang (2004). A Multinomial Logit Analysis of Methods Used by Persons who Completed Suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (The Official Journal of the American Association of Suicidology,) 34(3), 298-310. (SSCI) NSC84-2415-H-007-
    009.
  23. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Hsin-yin Lee (2003). The Return on Women’s Human Capital and the Role of Male Attitudes toward Working Wives – Gender Roles, Work Interruption and Women’s Earnings in Taiwan. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 62(2), 435-459. (SSCI)
    NSC89-2415-H-007-010.
  24. Chuang, Hwei-Lin (1999). Estimating the Determinants of the Unemployment Duration for College Graduates in Taiwan. Applied Economic Letters, 6, 677-681. (SSCI) NSC84-2415-H-007-006.
  25. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Wei-Chiao Huang (1997). Economic and Social Correlates of Regional Suicide Rates: A Pooled Cross-Section and Time-Series Analysis. Journal of Socio-Economics,
    26(3), 277-289. (SSCI) NSC84-2415-H-007-009.
  26. Chuang, Hwei-Lin (1997). High School Youths’ Dropping-Out and Re-enrollment Behavior. Economics of Education Review, 16(2), 171-186. (SSCI) NSC81-0301-H-007-012.
  27. Chuang, Hwei-Lin (1997). Estimating a Structural Search Model for College Graduates in Taiwan. Asian Economic Journal, 11(1), 95-110. (SSCI) NSC83-0301-H-007-013.
  28. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Wei-Chiao Huang (1996). A Re-examination of Sociological and Economic Theories of Suicide: A Comparison of the USA and Taiwan. Social Science & Medicine, 43(3), 421-423. (SSCI) NSC84-2415-H-007-009.
  29. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Wei-Chiao Huang (1996). Suicide Rates in Taiwan. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 55(3), 276. (SSCI) NSC84-2415-H-007-009.
  30. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Wei-Chiao Huang (1996). Age, Birthdays, and Suicide in Taiwan. The Journal of Social Psychology, 136(5), 659-660. (SSCI) NSC84-2415-H-007-009.
  31. 莊慧玲(1996). 由國外經驗看台灣人力資源Panel Data 資料庫建立之展望, 經濟論文叢刊, 24(3), 413-433. (TSSCI)
  32. Chuang, Hwei-Lin (1995). Job Search Effectiveness for Employed and Unemployed College Graduate Youth in Taiwan. Journal of Asian Economics, 6(2), 247-260. (SSCI) NSC82-0301-H-007-012.
  33. 莊慧玲、魏上凌(1994). 大專畢業生失業搜尋與在職搜尋之比較. 經濟論文叢刊, 22(4), 425-449. (TSSCI) NSC82-0301-H-007-012.
  34. Chuang, Hwei-Lin (1994). An Empirical Study of Re-enrollment Behavior for Male High School Dropouts. Applied Economics, 26, 1071-1081. (SSCI) NSC81-0301-H-007-012.
  35. 莊慧玲、蔡青龍、黃芳玫(1994). 人力動態研究—國內的課題與國外的經驗. 經濟預測與政策, 25(1), 39-92.
    34.莊慧玲、周輝啟、俞明德 (1993), 銀行自有資本與支出偏好行為之探討. 中國經濟學會年會論文集, 325-344.

Conference Paper：

  1. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Shih-Yung Chiu (2019, Jul). Demographic Characteristics and Salary: Evidence from Female College Graduates. Western Economic Association International 94th Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, U. S. A.
  2. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Yu-Li Tao (2018, Jul). Labor Market Outcomes in Emerging Asia: Evidence from Labor Force Participation. Vietnam’s Business & Economics Research Conference 2018 (VBER-2018), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Jul. 22-24, 2018.
  3. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Huang, C. K. (2017, Jul). The Impact of Financial Crisis on Skilled/Unskilled Wage Gap: Evidence from the Insurance Workers in Taiwan. The International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 2017 Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria. MOST 106-2629-H-007-001
  4. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Eric S. Lin (2015, Aug). The Interindustry Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from the Financial and Insurance Industry. 2015 World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress, Munich, Germany. Aug. 2-6, 2015.
  5. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Yu-Li Tao, and Eric S. Lin (2014, Mar). Compensation and Performance: Evidence from Major League Baseball. The 50th Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association.
  6. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Shih-Yung Chiu (2013, Sep). Employability and Labor Market Outcome: Evidence from Female College Graduates in Taiwan. 2013 年兩岸清華大學學術研討會. MOST 100-2410-H-007-019.
  7. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Eric S. Lin (2013, Mar). How Does the Employment Status of Marriage Immigrants Differ from Natives in Taiwan, Midwest Economics Association 2013 Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, U. S. A. MOST 98-2410-H-007-017.
  8. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Yu-Li Tao and Eric S. Lin (2012, Nov). Payroll Disparity and Team Competitiveness in Major League Baseball: Evidence from Postseason Participation. Southern Economic Association 2012, New Orleans, U. S. A.
  9. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Yu-Li Tao and Eric S. Lin (2012, Nov). Salary Dispersion in Major League Baseball: Evidence from Individual and Team Performance. Southern Economic Association 2012, New Orleans, U. S. A.
  10. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Shih-Yung Chiu (2012, Jun). Personality Traits and Labor Market Returns: Evidence from an Asian Labor Market. Western Economic Association International Conference 2012, San Francisco, California, U. S. A.
  11. Chuang, Hwei-Lin and Eric S. Lin (2010, Oct). The Role of Industry in the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Taiwan. International Atlantic Economic Conference 2010, Charleston, South Carolina, U. S. A.
  12. Chuang, Hwei-Lin, Eric S. Lin and Min-Teh Yu (2010). The Employment Assimilation of Marriage Immigrants in Taiwan, the 36th Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association, Philadelphia, U. S. A.
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