Curriculum Vitae 
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Te-Fen Lo
Professor of Economics
National Dong Hwa University
No. 1, Section 2, Da-Hsueh Road,
Shou-Feng, Hualien, 974, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: 886-3-890-5547
Email:
WWW: http://faculty.ndhu.edu.tw/~tefen/
Education
M.S. Professional Program in Computer Science, University of Chicago, U.S.A., June 2001.
Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, U.S.A., August 2000.
B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, June 1994.
Academic Experience
2019/02~presentProfessor of Economics, National DongHwa University
2008/02~2019/01Associate Professor of Economics, National DongHwa University
2002/08~2008/01Assistant Professor of Economics, National DongHwa University
2001/08~2002/02Programmer, e-Progress Inc.
2001/06~2001/08Consultant, Chicago Board of Education
1997/09~2000/06Research Assistant, Economics Department, Michigan State University
1994/06~1995/07Research Assistant, Taiwan Economic Data Center
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Te-Fen Lo, Peng-Hsuan Ke, and Wen-Jen Tsay* (2018). Pairwise Likelihood Inference for the Random Effects Probit Model, Computational Statistics 33(2), 837-861.
Ya-Ming Liu*, Te-Fen Lo, and Yu-Ting Nien (2017). An Empirical Analysis of Exits from the Hospital Market, Taiwan Journal of Public Health 36(3), 273-286. (in Chinese)
Chee-Ruey Hsieh and Te-Fen Lo* (2017). Are Smokers Too Optimistic about Their Health Status: Ex Ante Perception versus Ex Post Observation, China Economic Review 43, 169-183.
Te-Fen Lo and Chee-Ruey Hsieh* (2014). The Adoption of Pharmaceutical Innovation and Its Impact on the Treatment Costs for Alzheimer's Disease in Taiwan, The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 17(3), 99-109.
Echu Liu, Te-Fen Lo*, and Hsin-Ling Hsieh (2013). Health Illiteracy and Disparity in Health Status: An Analysis of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, International Journal of Economic Issues 6(1), 31-45.
Te-Fen Lo and Chee-Ruey Hsieh* (2013). Dynamic Profile of Health Investment and the Evolution of Elderly Health, Social Science & Medicine 76, 134-142.
Echu Liu, Te-Fen Lo*, and Hsin-Ling Hsieh (2011). Literacy and Health: Evidence from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, International Journal of Applied Economics 8(1), 17-35.
Chia-Yu Hung* and Te-Fen Lo (2008). The Effects of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment: An Empirical Study for Taiwan, Taiwan Economic Review, 36(2), 235-270. (in Chinese)
Te-Fen Lo (2007), Kinship Network and Marriage Stability through Taiwan's Demographic Transition, Journal of Population Studies, 35, 1-35.
Gerhard Glomm, Douglas Harris* and Te-Fen Lo (2005), Charter School Location, Economics of Education Review 24(4), 451-457.
Te-Fen Lo* and Chia-Yu Hung (2005). Reemployment Probabilities and Cyclical Variations, Taiwan Economic Review 33(2), 149-179. (in Chinese)
Conference Papers
Te-Fen Lo (2019). Hospital Competition and Quality: A Spatial Panel Econometric Analysis. 94th Annual Conference of Western Economic Association International, June 28 - July 02, 2019, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Te-Fen Lo (2015). Geographic Variation in the Supply of Institutional Care in Taiwan: An Application of Spatial Econometric Model. 90th Annual Conference of Western Economic Association International, June 28 - July 02, 2015, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Te-Fen Lo (2015). Geographic Variation in the Supply of Institutional Care in Taiwan: An Application of Spatial Econometric Model. Kunshan Forum 2015: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and China¡¦s Health System Reform, May 29-30, 2015, Duke Kunshan University, China.
Te-Fen Lo and Chee-Ruey Hsieh (2014). Smoking Behavior and Smokers' Risk Perceptions in Taiwan. 89th Annual Conference of Western Economic Association International, June 27- July 01, 2014, Denver, U.S.A.
Chee-Ruey Hsieh, Te-Fen Lo, and Ya-Ming Liu (2014). Access to the Public Home Health Care and the Use of Health Care Services among the Elderly: Are They Substitutes or Complements? 5th Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists: Health & Healthcare in America: From Economics to Policy, June 22-25, 2014, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Te-Fen Lo and Chee-Ruey Hsieh (2013). Long-term Care and Transitions of Elderly Living Arrangements in Taiwan. Health Systems in Asia: Equity, Governance and Social Impact, December 13-16, 2013, Lee Kuan Yew School, NUS, Singapore.
Echu Liu, Te-Fen Lo, and Hsin-Ling Hsieh (2011). Health Literacy and Health Disparity: Evidence from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy. Southern Economic Association 81st Annual Meeting, November 19-21, 2011, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Echu Liu, Te-Fen Lo, and Hsin-Ling Hsieh (2010), Literacy and Health: Evidence from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy. 2010 Southern Economic Association 80th Annual Meeting, November 20-22, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Echu Liu, Te-Fen Lo*, and Hsin-Ling Hsieh (2010), Literacy and Health: Evidence from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, Missouri Valley Economic Association Forth-Seventh Annual Meeting, October 28-30, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
Chia-Yu Hung and Te-Fen Lo. The Effects of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment: An Empirical Study for Taiwan. 2004 Taiwan Economic Association, December 18, 2004, National ChengChi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Te-Fen Lo and Chia-Yu Hung. Cyclical Variations and Reemployment Probabilities. 2003 Taiwan Economic Association, December 21, 2003, National ChengChi University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Te-Fen Lo and Chia-Yu Hung. Cyclical Variations and Reemployment Probabilities, The Seventh Academic Conference on Economic Development, June 28, 2003, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chia-Yu Hung and Te-Fen Lo. Cyclical Variations and Reemployment Probabilities, The Fourth Annual Conference on Empirical Economics, April 26, 2003, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Gerhard Glomm, Douglas Harris and Te-Fen Lo. Charter School Location. 2000 American Economic Association, January 2000, Boston, U.S.A.
Publication
Te-Fen Lo, Three Essays in Applied Economics, Dissertation, August 2000, Michigan State University, U.S.A.