Research

Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Demography, Public Economics

Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Fertility and Career Choices in an Overlapping Generations Model with Sandwich Caregivers (2025). Economic Modelling, 107262. doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107262.

  2. The Aging Tax on Potential Growth in Asia (2022). Journal of Asian Economics, Vol. 81, p.101495. doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2022.101495, [PDF].

Work in Progress

with PDF

  1. Dual Caregiving, Declining Birth Rate, and Economic Stability. (with Akiomi Kitagawa). (Working Paper) (Submited)

  2. The Explosive Growth and Rapid Contraction of an Overlapping-Generations Economy. (Working Paper) (R&R)

draft coming soon

  1. Demographic Change and Long-Run Inequality Trends: 30 Years of Evidence from Vietnam. (with Huy Le Vu)

  2. Rational Addiction, Cigarette Consumption and Quitting Behaviors. (with Tuong-Vy Phan, Anh Ngoc Nguyen)

  3. Endogenous Technology Choice and Green Transition. (draft coming soon)

  4. Old-Age Security in an Aging Economy. (with Van-Quy Nguyen)

  5. What Drives Business Cycles in Vietnam? Evidence from an Estimated SOE DSGE Model. (with Van-Quy Nguyen, Quang Huy Nguyen, and Ha Thi Tran)

  6. The Roles of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Vietnam: A New Keynesian Approach (with Cuong Le Van)

Policy Papers

  1. Vietnam’s Annual Macroeconomic Review 2025 [PDF]

Conferences

Upcoming

Past Presentations

  • Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting (May 29, 2022, Yokohama).
  • The 1st RCPD Research Seminar on Contemporary Economics (Tohoku University, 2022).
  • ISER Seminar Series (Osaka University, 2023).
  • The 14th Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (University of Da Nang, 2023).
  • Japanese Economic Association Fall Meeting (Kansai University, 2023).
  • The 18th Macroeconomics Conference for Young Economists (Kyoto University, 2024).
  • Joint workshop TU Research Center for Policy Design and Sophia Institute for Human Security (Tohoku University, 2024).
  • MFE Seminar (National Economics University, 2025/02)
  • The 16th Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (TUEBA, December 9-10, 2025).

Referee Service

Energy Economics, Economic Modelling