Assistant Professor of Economics @HKUniversity | Ph.D. @BU_economics | Development/PE/History in 🇮🇩🇲🇾/SEA
Joined August 2011
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*NEW VERSION* alert 🔔 (1st written up in 2020, now joint with @chuncheekok who is on the market 📈) we study the effects of a large-scale colonial resettlement-era program in Malaysia on contemporary economic and voting outcomes. A thread 1/🧵
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Excited to present at @NUSingapore Poli Sci tomorrow. Thanks to @ElvinOngPolSci for the invite and really looking forward!
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Advice for PhD students in economics about using AI, from the brilliant Isaiah Andrews. This should probably be circulated to all PhD cohorts
economics.mit.edu/sites/defa…
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🚨The Econ Department at Dartmouth, through the Society of Fellows, is looking for a two-year postdoctoral fellow specializing in economic history with connections to fields like political economy, labor, and public finance.
Link: apply.interfolio.com/176743
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
Thanks to @TuftsUniversity #NEUDC2025 for organizing and the chance to present! Got a ton of great feedback from @lwantchekon #GautamNair @HarvardHBS @melesemesay and others!
@ShunsukeTsuda13 @chuncheekok #DanialShariat @absidd
#NEUDC2025 👥↔️👥 Session on Caste, Identity, and Ethnicity
Gedeon Lim from University of Hong Kong will present:
“Interethnic Proximity, Complementarities, and Politics in Malaysia”
#TuftsUniversity
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This project has been super long in the making -- thanks so much to @vox_dev @oliverhanney #PaolaDavila and co. for having us/editorial guidance!
🆕 How does interacting with other ethnicities shape political attitudes?
Today on VoxDev, @chuncheekok @MonashUni & @gedeonlim89 @HKUniversity explore the impacts of living closer to resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia: voxdev.org/topic/institution…
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Advice on publishing in economics and science journals. That was the title of the wonderful panel that @I_Am_NickBloom put together for the AEA meetings.
The brilliant @meharpist @ErzoLuttmer and #orleyashenfelter joined me on the panel. Many of you have asked for my slides. Here you go: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa…
The event might be available on-line as well.
Will be presenting new work at Kyoto U next Tuesday Jan 7!
Thanks so much to everyone @kucseas #junichiyamasaki for organizing
Title changed. Join Kyoto AEDS (Jan 7, Tue, 15:30, R213, Inamori, CSEAS). "Civilian Killings and Long-run Development: Evidence from the Korean War” by Dr. Gedeon Lim @gedeonlim89, The University of Hong Kong. No registration required. Further information: kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en…
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Title changed. Join Kyoto AEDS (Jan 7, Tue, 15:30, R213, Inamori, CSEAS). "Civilian Killings and Long-run Development: Evidence from the Korean War” by Dr. Gedeon Lim @gedeonlim89, The University of Hong Kong. No registration required. Further information: kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en…
Join Gedeon Lim (The University of Hong Kong) for Asian Economic Development Seminar (AEDS) on January 7 at 15:30: “Communities of Commerce: The Legacy of Chinese Immigration on Economic Development in Java.” R213, Inamori Center. kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en…
Co-hosted by @HKUniversity @ADB_HQ
@hkust @NYUAbuDhabi @UTokyo_News_en — super excited to be here with friends and colleagues :) @masyhurh @YimingCao_ @siddyg88 @ADBChiefEcon
Fantastic quality of work and audience
Excited to be part of BREAD Asia 2024 workshop starting off in Singapore, put together by the wonderful @jhaushofer and @JorisMueller and @NUSingapore! Will be presenting work on socio-emotional skills and school-related outcomes in India.
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Very cool paper on drivers of vote share for ethno-nationlist parties. In case that's a topic of interest to anyone these days 🫠
I saw Gedeon present this one at PacDev earlier this year and was really impressed.
*NEW VERSION* alert 🔔 (1st written up in 2020, now joint with @chuncheekok who is on the market 📈) we study the effects of a large-scale colonial resettlement-era program in Malaysia on contemporary economic and voting outcomes. A thread 1/🧵
gedeon89.github.io/gedeonlim…
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I am on the Job Market! Thanks to my advisors @essobecker @PaulRaschky and friends at @TheRealSodaLabs.
My JMP studies the effects of a large-scale colonial resettlement program in Malaysia on contemporary economic and voting outcomes.
My website: sites.google.com/view/chunch…
*NEW VERSION* alert 🔔 (1st written up in 2020, now joint with @chuncheekok who is on the market 📈) we study the effects of a large-scale colonial resettlement-era program in Malaysia on contemporary economic and voting outcomes. A thread 1/🧵
gedeon89.github.io/gedeonlim…