American Journal of Economics

American Journal of Economics is a peer-reviewed journal that employs economics to analyze issues in business, consumer behavior, and public policy. The Journal is focused on publishing both theoretical and empirical papers in finance and several closely related fields in economics.

Hung-Hao Chang

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Economics

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Research Areas

Food Consumption and Health, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Education

2001-2006Ph.DApplied Economics and Management, Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
1996-1998M.S.Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan
1992-1996B.A.Aricultural Economics, National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan

Experience

2011-presentAssociate Editor, Journal of the Agricultural Association of Taiwan
2011-2012Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, USA
2010-presentAssociate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2010-2013Group Leader, Information Group, Ecological Engineering Center, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University
2006-2010Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2008-2010Vice Secretary General, Rural Economics Society of Taiwan
2005-2006Teaching Assistant, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
2003-2005Graduate Research Consultant, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2002-2005Research Assistant, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
2011Research Assistant, Center of Disease Control, Health Department, Taiwan

Academic Achievement

2011 Outstand Journal Paper Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2011 Receipt, 1th Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Taiwan Top Universities Alliance, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
2010 Young Scholar Outstanding Research Award, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University
2010 Receipt, Salary Enhancement Package for Outstanding Scholars, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2010 Excellent Journal Paper Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2009 Excellent Journal Paper Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2008 Young Scholar Outstanding Research Award, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University
2007 Outstanding Journal Article, Paddy and Water Environment, International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering (PAWEES) (with Richard N.Boisvert)
2006 Outstanding Journal Article, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economic Association (with Richard N.Boisvert, and David Blandford)
2006 Aplin, R. Fellowship, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA
2004 Special Research Grant, Asia Rice Foundation, USA
2004 Hu-Hsiu Graduate Student Fellowship, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, USA
2003 Lee Teng-Hui Fellowship in World Affair, Eastern Asian Program, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, U.S.A
2002 Outstanding, Field of Economics, Microeconomic Qualifying Exam, Department of Economics, Cornell University, USA
1998 Outstanding Master Thesis Award, the Rural Economic Society of China, Taiwan
1995 Presidential Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Publications: Journals

[1]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Steven T. Yen. "Association between Obesity and Depression:Evidence from a Longitudinal Sample of the Elderly in Taiwan." Aging & Mental Health(SCI, in press)
[2]  Pei-An Liao, Hung-Hao Chang*, Chun-Yen Chang. "Why is the Food Traceability System Unsuccessful in Taiwan? Empirical Evidence from a National Survey of Fruit and Vegetable Farmers." Food Policy (SSCI & SCI, in press)
[3]  Pei-An Liao, Hung-Hao Chang*, Feng-An Yang. "Does the Universal Health Insurance Program Affect Urban-Rural Differences in Health Service Utilization Among the Elderly? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Taiwan." Journal of Rural Health (SCI, in press)
[4]  Kang Liu, Hung-Hao Chang*, Wen S. Chern (2011). "Examining Changes in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption over Time and across Regions in Urban China." China Agricultural Economic Review 3(3): (SCI & SSCI)
[5]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Steven T. Yen (2011). "Mental Health and the Employment of the Elderly in Taiwan: A Simultaneous Equation Approach." Pacific Economic Review 16(4)(SSCI, accepted 02/05, 2010)
[6]  Hung-Hao Chang* (2011). "Does Too Much or Too Little Sleep Make People Obese? A Population-based Study of Taiwanese Adults." The Empirical Economics Letters 10(5):487-494 (Econlit)
[7]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Ashok K. Mishra (2011). "Does the Milk Income Loss Contract Program Improve Technical Efficiency of the U.S Dairy Farms?" Journal of Dairy Science 94(6): 2945-2951 (SCI)
[8]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Kung-Chi Chan (2011). "Gendered Analyses of Nutrient Deficiencies Among the Elderly." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 32(2):268-279 (Econlit)
[9]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Yu-Hui Chen. (2011) "Are Participators in the Land Retirement Program Likely to Grow Energy Crops?" Applied Energy 88(9): 3183-3188 (SCI)
[10]  Ashok K. Mishra, Hung-Hao Chang* (2011). "Tax-deferred Retirement Savings of Farm Households: An Empirical Investigation." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 36(1): 160-176 (SCI)
[11]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Rodolfo M. Nayga (2011). "Mother's Nutritional Label Use and Children's Body Weight." Food Policy 36(2): 171-178 (SCI & SSCI)
[12]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Fang-I Wen (2011)."Off-farm Work, Technical Efficiency, and Rice Production Risk in Taiwan." Agricultural Economics 42(2): 269-278 (SCI & SSCI)
[13]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Ashok K. Mishra, Michael Livingston (2011). "Agricultural Policy and Its Impact on Fuel Usage: Empirical Evidence from Farm Household Analysis." Applied Energy 88(1): 348-353 (SCI)
[14]  Hung-Hao Chang, Steven T. Yen* (2010). "Off-farm Employment and Food Expenditures at Home and away from Home." European Review of Agricultural Economics 37(4): 523-551 (SCI & SSCI)
[15]  Chen-Yu Hsu, Hung-Hao Chang* (2010). "Spatial Analysis of the Farm Household Income in Taiwan." Taiwanese Agricultural Economic Review 16(1): 79-107 (TSSCI, in Chinese)
[16]  Jiun-Hao Wang, Hung-Hao Chang* (2010). "Who Benefits from the Farmers' Old Age Pension Program? Evidence from National Insurance Data in Taiwan." The Empirical Economics Letters 9(8): 827-834 (Econlit)
[17]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert, Ling-Yi Hung (2010). "Land Subsidence, Production Efficiency, and the Decision of Aquacultural Firms in Taiwan to Discontinue Production." Ecological Economics 69(12): 2448-2456 (SSCI)
[18]  Jiun-Hao Wang, Hung-Hao Chang* (2010). "Examining the Types and Payments of the Disabilities of the Insurants in the National Farmers' Health Insurance Program in Taiwan." BMC Public Health 10: 646 (SCI)
[19]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Michele L. Ver Ploeg, Biing-Hwan Lin (2010). "Changes in the Propensity of Overweight U.S. Women to Under-assess Their Body Weight Status." Food Policy 35(4): 358-364 (SCI & SSCI)
[20]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert (2010). "Accounting for the Market and Nonmarket Values of Multifunctional Outputs in Evaluating Water Transfers to Nonagricultural Uses-Empirical Evidence from Taiwanese Rice Production." Water Policy 12(4): 528-542 (SCI)
[21]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Rodolfo M. Nayga (2010). "Childhood Obesity and Unhappiness: The Influence of Soft Drink and Fast Food Consumption." Journal of Happiness Studies 11(3): 261-275 (SSCI)
[22]  Hung-Hao Chang*, David R. Just, Biing-Hwan Lin (2010). "Smoking, Drinking, and the Distribution of Adult Body Weight." The Social Science Journal 47(2): 372-391 (SSCI)
[23]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Tung-Liang Chiang (2009). "Depressive Symptoms, Smoking, and Cigarette Price Elasticity: Results from a Population-Based Survey in Taiwan." International Journal of Public Health 54(6): 421-426 (SCI)
[24]  Ashok K. Mishra, Hung-Hao Chang*(2009). "Factors Affecting Precautionary Savings of Self-Employed Farm Households." Agricultural Finance Review 69(3): 300-313 (Econlit)
[25]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Rodolfo M. Nayga (2009). "Television Viewing, Fast Food Consumption and Children's Obesity." Contemporary Economic Policy 27(3): 293-307 (Leading Article) (SSCI)
[26]  Satoru Shimokawa, Hung-Hao Chang*, Per Pinstrup-Andersen (2009). "Understanding the Differences in Obesity among Working Adults between Taiwan and China." Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 18(1): 88-95 (SCI)
[27]  Hung-Hao Chang*, David R. Just (2009). "Internet Access and Farm Household Income-Empirical Evidence using a Semi-parametric Assessment in Taiwan." Journal of Agricultural Economics 60(2): 348-366 (SCI)
[28]  Hung-Hao Chang, Richard N. Boisvert* (2009). "Distinguishing between Whole-farm vs. Partial-farm Participation in the Conservation Reserved Program." Land Economics 85(1):144-161 (SSCI)
[29]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert (2009). "Are Farmers' Decisions to Work off the Farm Related to Participate in the Conservation Reserve Program?" Applied Economics 41(1): 71-85 (SSCI)
[30]  Hung-Hao Chang, Ashok K. Mishra* (2008). "Impact of Off-Farm Labor Supply on Food Expenditures of the Farm Household." Food Policy 33(6): 657-664 (SCI & SSCI)
[31]  Michele L. Ver Ploeg*, Hung-Hao Chang, Biing-Hwan Lin (2008). "Over, Under, or About Right: Misperception of Body Weight Among Food Stamp Participants." Obesity 16(9): 2120-2125 (SCI)
[32]  Hung-Hao Chang, Dayton M. Lambert, Ashok K. Mishra* (2008). "Does Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program Impact the Economic Well-being of Farm Households?" Agricultural Economics 38(2): 201-212 (SCI & SSCI)
[33]  Hung-Hao Chang, David R. Just* (2007). "Health Information Availability and the Consumption of Eggs: Are Consumer Bayesians?" Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32(1): 77-92 (SCI & SSCI)
[34]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard Boisvert (2006). "Accounting for Geographic Heterogeneity of Multifunctional Rice Policy in Taiwan." Paddy and Water Environment 4(4): 229-234 (SCIE)
[35]  Hung-Hao Chang, Richard N. Boisvert*, David Blandford (2005). "Achieving Environmental Objectives under Reduced Domestic Agricultural Support and Trade Liberalization-An Empirical Application to Taiwan." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 34(1): 16-31 (Econlit)
[36]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Loren W. Tauer (2005). "Semi-Parametric and Parametric Estimations and Tests of Adoption-An Application to Bovine Somatotropin Technology." Agriculture and Economics 35: 1-26 (Leading Article) (TSSCI)
[37]  Yu-Hui Chen*, Hung-Hao Chang (2002). "The Impact of Implementing the Direct Payment Programs in Rice Market Under the Limited Import Trade Policy." Taiwanese Agricultural Finance Review 47: 95-111 (in Chinese)
[38]  Hung-Hao Chang, Lily Tang, Kow-Tong Chen* (2001). "Risk Factors of Illicit Drug Abuse-An Economist's Perspective." Taiwan Journal of Public Health 20(6): 423-432 (in Chinese, TSSCI)
[39]  Lily Tang, Hung-Hao Chang, Kow-Tong Chen*, Ren-Sung Lin (2001). "Coal-Powered Plants and Human Health." Chinese Journal of Occupational Medicine 8(4): 187-193 (in Chinese)
[40]  Yu-Hui Chen*, Hung-Hao Chang (2001). "Testing Rational Expectation Hypothesis of Rice Farmers in Taiwan." Journal of the Agricultural Association of China 2(6): 525-535 (in Chinese)
[41]  Yu-Hui Chen*, Hung-Hao Chang (2000). "Using Expected Price and Risk Response Analysis to the Taiwanese Rice Market and Policy Simulation." Agriculture and Economics 25: 67-94 (in Chinese, TSSCI)
[42]  Yu-Hui Chen*, Hung-Hao Chang (1999). "An Application of the Bounded Rational Expectation Model to Rice Market in Taiwan Hypothesis of Rice Farmers in Taiwan." Journal of Land and Agricultural Finance in Taiwan 36(2): 141-157 (in Chinese)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Chad Meyerhoefer, David R. Just (2011). "How Do Health and Social Insurance Program Affect the Land and Labor Allocations of the Farm Households? Evidence from Taiwan." The Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Pittsburg, PA, USA, July 24-26, 2011
[2]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Weng Yungho (2011). "Obesity, Risky Sex, and Prostitute Price: Empirical Evidence of A Random Survey in Taiwan." The 86th Annual meeting of the Western Economic Association International. San Diego, CA, USA, June 29-July 3, 2011
[3]  Hung-Hao Chang* (2011). "How Does Economic Crisis Affect Income Inequality of the Farm Household in Taiwan?" Invited speech, Korean Agricultural Economics Association. Seoul, Korea, February 9-11, 2011
[4]  Steven T. Yen*, Hung-Hao Chang, Tsui-Fang Lin (2010). "Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Traditional and Western Medicines: A Censored System Approach." The 80th Annual Conference of Southern Economic Association, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 20-22, 2010
[5]  Hung-Hao Chang*, David R. Just, Da-Chung Chang (2010). "Self Control At Home and In the Wild: Empirical Evidence of the Age Cohort Study in Taiwan." Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Denver, USA, July 26-Aug 3, 2010
[6]  Hung-Hao Chang* (2010). "Does the School Lunch Program Affect the Body Weight of Elementary School Children in Taiwan?" The 10th Taiwanese Empirical Economics Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, May 22, 2010
[7]  Steven T. Yen, Hung-Hao Chang* (2009) "Obesity and Mental Health Among the Elderly in Taiwan." The XXXIII International Association of Agricultural Economists, Beijing, China, August 15-22, 2009
[8]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Steven T. Yen (2009) "Off-farm Employment and Food Consumption at Home and away from Home: Evidence from Farm Households in Taiwan." The XXXIII International Association of Agricultural Economists, Beijing, China, August 15-22, 2009
[9]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Ling-Yi Hung, Richard N. Boisvert (2009) "Investigating the Distributional Effects of Technical Efficiency on the Exit Decision of the Aquaculture Households in Taiwan--An Empirical Assessment Using the Semi-parametric Approach" Annual meeting of the Western American Economic Association. Kauai, Hawaii, USA, June 24-June 27, 2009
[10]  Hung-Hao Chang* (2009) "What Determines the Nutrient Transition among Chinese Adults over Time?-A Decomposition Analysis in the Differences of Distributions." Annual meeting of the American Economic Association, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 3-5, 2009
[11]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Fang-I Wen (2008) "Off-farm Work, Technical Efficiency, and Production Risk: Empirical Evidence from a National Farmer Survey in Taiwan." Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Orlando, USA, July 27-29, 2008
[12]  Loren W. Tauer*, Hung-Hao Chang, Richard N. Boisvert (2008) "A Method for Identifying the Factors Affecting the Distribution of Annual Dairy Farm Income over Time." Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Orlando, USA, July 27-29, 2008
[13]  Kang Ernest Liu*, Hung-Hao Chang, Wen S. Chern (2008) "Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption over Time and across Regions in China: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis with Quantile Regression." Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Orlando, USA, July 27-29, 2008
[14]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Rodolfo. M. Nayga (2008) "Childhood Obesity and Happiness: The Influence of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage and Fast Food Consumption." Annual meeting of the Western Economic Association International. Hawaii, USA, June 29-July 3, 2008
[15]  Fang-I Wen*, Hung-Hao Chang (2008) "Health Insurance, Rural-to-Urban Immigration, and Social Inequality in China." Annual meeting of the Western Economic Association International. Hawaii, USA, June 29-July 3, 2008
[16]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Kang Ernest Liu, Wen S. Chern (2008) "Examining the Changes in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption over Time and Cross Regions in China.Annual meeting of the China Economic Society, Tianjin, China, April 17-20, 2008
[17]  Hung-Hao Chang, Ashok, K. Mishra* (2008) "Do Decisions to Purchase Crop Insurance and to Work off the Farm Benefit the Environment?" SCC-76 annual meeting, Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Orange Beach, Alabama, USA, March 13-15, 2008
[18]  Hung-Hao Chang* (2007) "Internet Access and Farm Household Income: Empirical Evidence of the Semi-parametric Assessment in Taiwan." Annual meeting of the Taiwanese Agricultural Economics Association. Taichung, Taiwan, December 22, 2007
[19]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Han-Hsu Huang (2007) "Keeping Up with the Jones: Spatial Dependency and Off-farm Work in Taiwan." Annual meeting of the Western Economic Association International, Seattle, USA, June 29-July 3, 2007
[20]  Hung-Hao Chang, Richard N. Boisvert, Loren W. Tauer* (2007) "Quantifying the Sources of Dairy Farm Business Risk and Understanding the Implications for Risk Management Strategies." SCC-76 annual meeting, Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Perdido Beach Resort Hotel, Alabama, USA, March 15-17, 2007
[21]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Dayton M. Lambert (2006) "Examine the Acreage Response of Conservation Reserve Program Among U.S Crop Farmers." Annual meeting of Agricultural and Resource Economics in Taiwan. Taichung, Taiwan, December 18, 2006
[22]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert, David Blandford (2006) "Implications of Geographic Heterogeneity for Multifunctional Rice Policy in Taiwan." Annual meeting of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Gold Coast, Australian, August 12-18, 2006
[23]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert (2006) "Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program and Off-Farm Work: Implications for Farm and Farm Household Productivity." Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Long Beach, USA, July 23-27, 2006
[24]  Richard N. Boisvert, Hung-Hao Chang* (2006) "Do Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program and Off-Farm Work Increase Farm Household Income but Reduce its Variability?" Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Long Beach, U.S.A, July 23-27, 2006
[25]  Ashok K. Mishra*, Hung-Hao Chang (2006) "Saving of Farm Households: Who Does and How Much?" Annual meeting of the Western Agricultural Economic Association, Alaska, USA, June 28-30, 2006
[26]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert (2005) "Are Farmers' Decisions to Work off the Farm and Participate in the Conservation Reserve Program Independent Joint, or Sequential?" Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Providence, USA, July 24-27, 2005
[27]  Richard N. Boisvert, Hung-Hao Chang* (2005) "Explaining Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program and its Effect on Farm Productivity and Efficiency." Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association, Providence, USA, July 24-27, 2005
[28]  Hung-Hao Chang* (2005) "Uncertainty Aversion or Risk Aversion Farmer? A Simple Model of Agricultural Production Decisions." Annual meeting of the Southwestern Economic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, March 23-26, 2005
[29]  Hung-Hao Chang, David R. Just* (2004) "Health Information Availability and the Consumption of Eggs: Are Consumer Bayesians?" Annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economic Association. Denver, USA, August 1-4, 2004
[30]  Hung-Hao Chang*, Richard N. Boisvert, David Blandford (2004) "Achieving Environmental Objectives under Reduced Domestic Agricultural Support and Trade Liberalization-An Empirical Application to Taiwan." International Trade and Environment Workshop, annual meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economic Association, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 20-23, 2004