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Ming-Hsuan Lee

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Ming-Hsuan Lee,

Professor

Office

SS 1010-2

Extension

5757

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Boston University, United States;

M.A. in Economics, National Taiwan University;

B.A. in International Business, National Taiwan University

Email

mhlee@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Areas of Expertise

Economic development; economic and social change in Taiwan; economic and social change in China

 

 

 

 

Current Positions

  • Professor, Department of Political Economy, National Sun Yat-sen University
  • Vice President for International Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University / Director, NSYSU Center for American Studies / Director, NSYSU Chinese Language Center
  • Director, Housing Society of the Republic of China
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Housing Studies
  • Member, Tainan City Government Cross-Strait Affairs Task Force
  • Educational Consultant, China Youth Corps

Professional Experience

  • Director, Overseas Chinese and International Student Affairs Division, Office of International Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University / Director, NSYSU EU Centre (2022-2024)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Economy, National Sun Yat-sen University (2018-2023)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Economy, National Sun Yat-sen University (2010-2018)
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States (2015-2016)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay (2007-2010)
  • Instructor in international business and trade, International Trade Institute, Taiwan External Trade Development Council
  • Lecturer, “Globalization English Program,” National Academy of Civil Service
  • Writer, “Briefing on Mainland China and Cross-Strait Developments,” Mainland Affairs Council, Executive Yuan

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Papers

  1. Ming-Hsuan Lee, Pei-Tzu Wu, and Hung-Chin Wu (2026). “Export-Market Supply-Chain Pressure, Greenhouse-Gas Management, and ESG Performance of Taiwanese Firms.” Accepted for publication in Economic Research. (TSSCI, second-tier economics journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  2. Ming-Hsuan Lee; Clarence Yu; Ching-Hsin Kao (2026). ICT Development and Income Inequality: The Moderating Role of the Entrepreneurial Environment. Telecommunications Policy, 50 (1) 103084. (SSCI Q1; first author and corresponding author.)
  3. Ming-Hsuan Lee and Jih-Hui Huang (2025). “Observations on and Causes of Counter-Urbanization in China.” City and Planning, 52(1): 25-50. (TSSCI, first-tier regional studies and geography journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  4. Ming-Hsuan Lee; Wei-Ling Lai (2024). Does Being Single Bring Freedom or Burden? Examining The Expenditure Patterns of Single-Person Households in Taiwan. Journal of Asian Economics, 92 (2024) 101747. (SSCI Q1; first author and corresponding author.)
  5. Ming-Hsuan Lee; Ya-Ming Liu; Clarence Yu (2024). Does Using Social Media Increase or Decrease Happiness? An Empirical Study of Social Media Users in Taiwan. Pacific Economic Review, 29(4): 469-486. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  6. Hui-Pei Cheng, Tsu-Chia Lin, and Ming-Hsuan Lee (2024). “The Effects of Effective Property-Tax Rates on Housing-Market Vacancy Rates: An Application of Taiwan Township-Level Data.” City and Planning, 51(1): 29-51. (TSSCI, first-tier regional studies and geography journal.)
  7. Ming-Hsuan Lee and Yuan-Jung Chang Chien (2023). “Work and Retirement Decisions of Middle-Aged and Older Adults with ‘Boomerang Children’: An Analysis from the Perspective of Children’s Gender Differences.” Economic Research, 59(1): 169-214. (TSSCI, second-tier economics journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  8. Ming-Hsuan Lee, Tsu-Chia Lin, and Hui-Pei Cheng (2022). “The Effects of Effective Property-Tax Rates on Real-Estate Market Prices and Volumes: An Application of Taiwan County- and City-Level Data.” Journal of Housing Studies, 31(2): 1-27. (TSSCI, first-tier regional studies and geography journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  9. Tsu-Chia Lin and Ming-Hsuan Lee (2022). “A Study of the Relationships among Homeownership, Intergenerational Assistance, and Social Status.” Journal of Housing Studies, 31(1): 1-29. (TSSCI, first-tier regional studies and geography journal; corresponding author.)
  10. Ming-Hsuan Lee and Kai-Lun Yu (2022). “The Effects of Cultural Identity Awareness among Taiwanese People on Preferences for Globalization, Japan, and South Korea.” National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 18(2): 113-145.
  11. Ming-Hsuan Lee and Tsu-Chia Lin (2021). “Can Income Inequality Explain Vacancy Rates? An Empirical Analysis Using Dynamic Panel Data Models.” Journal of Housing Studies, 30(2): 25-46. (TSSCI, first-tier regional studies and geography journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  12. Tsu-Chia Lin, Ming-Hsuan Lee, and Pei-Yi Lin (2020). “The Effects of Household Income Class on Entrepreneurial Decisions: An Empirical Analysis of Taiwan Social Change Survey Data.” Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 32(1): 39-79. (TSSCI, first-tier multidisciplinary journal; corresponding author.)
  13. Ming-Hsuan Lee, Jau-er Chen, and Mon-Chi Lio (2020). “The Effects of Housing-Price Fluctuations on Entrepreneurial Activity in Taiwan.” Taiwan Economic Forecast and Policy, 50(2): 95-134. (TSSCI, first-tier economics journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  14. Ming-Hsuan Lee, Tou-Chin Tasi, Jau-er Chen, Mon-Chi Lio (2019). ICT and Stock Market Efficiency: A Cross-Country Study. Bulletin of Economic Research, 71(2), 113-135. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  15. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2018). The Impact of Housing Market Activities on the Inequality of Economic Opportunities in China. Mainland China Studies (Mainland China Studies), 61(3), 87-116. (TSSCIsecond-tier multidisciplinary journal; first author and corresponding author.).
  16. Ming-Hsuan Lee; Mon-Chi Lio (2018). Can Information and Communication Technology Promote Venture Creation? A Cross-Country Study Using an IV Approach. Information Development, 34(4), 321-333. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  17. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2016). “The Effects of Housing Prices on Inequality of Economic Opportunity in Taiwan.” Taiwan Economic Forecast and Policy, 47(1): 37-65. (TSSCI, first-tier economics journal; first author and corresponding author.)
  18. Ming-Hsuan Lee; Mon-Chi Lio (2016). The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Public Governance and Corruption in China. China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, 16(2), 105-135. (SSCI Q1; first author and corresponding author.)
  19. Ming-Hsuan Lee; Mon-Chi Lio (2016). The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Public Governance and Corruption in China. Information Development, 32(2), 121-141. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  20. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2016). Energy Resources and Income Inequality: Determinants of Income Inequality in Provincial China. China: An International Journal, 14(3), 167-189. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  21. Ming-Hsuan Lee, Ping-Yu Liu, Mon-Chi Lio (2016). The Impact of the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology on Health: A Cross Country Study. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 11(2), 471-491. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  22. Mon-Chi Lio; Ming-Hsuan Lee (2016). Corruption Costs Lives: a Cross Country Study using an IV Approach. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 31, 175-190. (SSCI; corresponding author.)
  23. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2014). Schooling and Industrialization in China: Gender Differences in School Enrollment. Comparative Education Review, 58(2): 241-268. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  24. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2012). The One-Child Policy and Gender Equality in Education in China: Evidence from Household Data. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Volume 33, Issue 1, pp.41-52. (SSCI; first author and corresponding author.)
  25. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2011). Migration and Children's Welfare in China: The Schooling and Health of Children Left behind. Journal of Developing Areas, 44(2), p.165-182. (First author and corresponding author.)
  26. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2011). Land Ownership and Productivity in Early Twentieth-Century China: The Role of Incentives. International Journal of Development Issues, Vol. 10 Issue 2, pp.141 - 153. (First author and corresponding author.)

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2021). “Taiwan’s Economy under U.S.–China Rivalry: Innovation and Upgrading.” In Chuan-Hu Hung (ed.), Taiwan’s Choice (II): Sun Yat-sen Thought and the Forum on Neo-Classical Socialism. Shih Chi Culture. (ISBN: 9789860644708)
  2. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2019). “Exploring the Ideal of Equitable Prosperity through the People’s Livelihood Principle.” In Chuan-Hu Hung (ed.), Taiwan’s Choice: Starting with Sun Yat-sen. Shih Chi Culture. (ISBN: 9789868988569)
  3. Ming-Hsuan Lee and Tsu-Chia Lin (2019). “The Economic and Employment Opportunities Currently Facing the People of Taiwan.” In Chuan-Hu Hung (ed.), Taiwan’s Current Economic and Social Issues. Wu-Nan Book. (ISBN: 9789577634832)
  4. Ming-Hsuan Lee (2017). Parental Investment in Children’s Schooling in China. In Xiaowei Zang & Lucy Xia Zhao (ed.) Handbook of the Family and Marriage in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (ISBN: 9781785368189)

Research Awards

  • National Sun Yat-sen University Outstanding Academic Research Faculty Award, awarded in ROC fiscal years 108, 109, 110, 112, and 114 (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2025).
  • National Sun Yat-sen University Outstanding Teaching Course Award, awarded in ROC fiscal years 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, and 114 (2010–2025, excluding 104).
  • National Sun Yat-sen University Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, awarded in ROC fiscal years 103, 106, 108, and 113 (2014, 2017, 2019, and 2024).
  • National Sun Yat-sen University English-Medium Instruction Incentive, awarded in ROC years 112 and 113 (2023 and 2024).
  • Faculty Paper Research Award, “Sinyi Real Estate Research Award,” Sinyi Real Estate Research and Development Center, College of Commerce, National Chengchi University, awarded in ROC year 113 (2024).
  • In ROC year 110 (2021), the research paper “Can Investment Behavior Explain Vacancy Rates? An Empirical Analysis with Dynamic Panel Data Models and Spatial Dynamic Panel Data Models” received the Outstanding Paper Award at the 2020 Academic Conference of the Housing Society of the Republic of China.
  • National Sun Yat-sen University College of Social Sciences Outstanding Mentor Award, ROC fiscal year 109 (2020).
  • National Sun Yat-sen University Industry-Academia Incentive Award, ROC fiscal year 106 (2017).
  • Selected by the Taiwan Top University Strategic Alliance in ROC fiscal year 104 (2015) to serve as a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
  • National Sun Yat-sen University Outstanding Mentor Award, ROC fiscal year 102 (2013).
  • National Sun Yat-sen University College of Social Sciences Young Scholar Award, ROC fiscal year 102 (2013).
  • National Sun Yat-sen University College of Social Sciences Outstanding Mentor Award, ROC fiscal year 101 (2012).
  • California State University, East Bay research grants, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
  • Boston University full scholarship, 2003-2007.

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