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) (Under Review)

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

  3. Fertility When Consumption Takes Time.

draft coming soon

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

  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)

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