Opinion Pieces by Faculty Members
Malaysia won’t be able to solve its traffic woes without better bus networks
Timothy Wong, Channel News Asia, 18 March 2025
Breathing easier: Making clean air affordable for everyone
Martin Mattson, Teevrat Garg, Maulik Jagnani and ARM Mehrab Ali, The Business Standard, 10 December 2024
The hidden danger: How indoor air pollution mirrors outdoor threats
Martin Mattson, Teevrat Garg, Maulik Jagnani and Ashfaqul Haq, The Business Standard, 28 November 2024
Meritocracy and its discontents
Georgios Georgiou, The Business Times, 03 February 2024
After O-Levels, the choice of subjects isn’t always straightforward.
Ivan Png and Kelvin Seah, Channel News Asia, Commentary, 09 January 2024
The political economy of social media: A new eBook
Filipe Campante, Ruben Durante, and Andrea Tesei, CEPR, 27 November 2023
Singapore has long resisted benefits, so why the change of heart?
Kelvin Seah, Channel News Asia, Commentary, 19 October 2023
How open data and gamification can make Singapore’s urban travel greener
Alberto Salvo and Leonard Lee, The Business Times Weekend, 16 September 2023
Reimagining Workfare to uplift low-wage families
Ong Eecheng, Irene Y H Ng and Michael Lien, The Business Times, 28 April 2023
Commentary: Parenthood incentives – Singapore cannot keep doing more of the same without knowing whether these really work
Kelvin Seah, Channel News Asia, Commentary, 26 Feburary 2023
Chinese foreign aid: Can self-interest benefit recipients?
Joris Mueller, Vox Dev, Opinion, 26 January 2023
Was the egg market manipulated?
Indranil Chakraborty, Dhaka Tribune, Opinion, 13 January 2023
What MRT travel numbers tell us about work from home trends
Ivan Png, The Straits Times, Opinion, 28 October 2022
A lot of swot - good or not?
Kelvin Seah, The Straits Times, Opinion, 10 August 2022
The good that can come from strikes and pandemics
Ivan Png, The Straits Times, Opinion, 6 July 2022
How would a person's carbon scorecard work?
Sumit Agarwal and Alberto Salvo, The Straits Times, Opinion, 22 April 2022
#MeToo shows power of social movements
Ro'ee Levy and Martin Mattsson, The Straits Times, Opinion, 15 March 2022
Carbon scorecard: informing consumers so that they learn to do their bit. Introducing this will help people make environmentally-friendly choices
Sumit Agarwal and Alberto Salvo, The Business Times, Opinion, 01 March 2022
What has a rise in a day trading and online betting to do with Covid-19?
Chew Soo Hong, Liu Haoming and Alberto Salvo, The Straits Times, Opinion, 12 November 2021
Delaying retirement pays off
Chia Ngee Choon and Cynthia Chen, The Straits Times, Opinion, 28 October 2021
Telcos can do more to make phone scamming unprofitable
Ivan Png, The Straits Times, Opinion, 13 October 2021
Are we willing to pay for ecosystem services provided by others?
Alberto Salvo, Helena Varkkey and Michelle Miller, The Business Times, Opinion, 14 September 2021
Workplace discrimination: Greater clarity needed
Kelvin Seah, The Straits Times, Opinion, 04 September 2021
Machine learning - a powerful tool in economics
Denis Tkachenko, The Straits Times, Opinion, 12 August, 2021
Undergrads and the 3am e-mail
Georgios Georgiou, The Straits Times, Opinion, 17 June, 2021
Progressive Wage Model v minimum wage: Why not both?
Ong Ee Cheng and Jennifer Yao Chenyin, The Straits Times, Opinion, 20 May, 2021
Measuring the impact of GST hike and driver subsidy
Ivan Png, The Straits Times, Opinion, 22 April, 2021
University admissions not solely about grades: Some surprise results
Kelvin Seah, Jessica Pan and Rais Kamis, The Straits Times, Opinion, 11 March, 2021
What’s behind resistance to digital contact tracing apps and vaccination?
Lorenz Goette and Chen Zihua, The Straits Times, Opinion, 27 February, 2021
Will fewer foreign workers help low-wage Singaporeans?
Chua Yeow Hwee, Ivan Png and Kelvin Seah, The Straits Times, Opinion, 05 February, 2021
PSLE scores could impact life outcomes. So don't let them
Kelvin Seah, Channel News Asia, Opinion, 15 December, 2020
When open science meets closed borders
Albert Hu, The Straits Times, Opinion, 10 November, 2020
Inequality: How you view it depends on what you're told
Ong Ee Cheng and Kok Siew Peng, Evelyn, The Straits Times, Opinion, 20 October, 2020
From sashimi to Toyota: How currency changes affect S'poreans
Chua Yeow Hwee and Dave Chia Guo Cong, The Straits Times, Opinion, 15 September, 2020
Immigration - a fraught issue that deserves closer study
Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng, The Straits Times, Opinion, 23 July, 2020
Raising workers’ dorm standards: who pays?
Jessica Pan and Ong Pinchuan (NUS Business), The Straits Times, Opinion, 21 July, 2020
The small constituency effect and WP factor: What statistical analysis says about PAP performance at the polls
Ivan Png, The Straits Times, Opinion, 14 July, 2020
How can S’pore reduce its reliance on foreign labour?
Ivan Png & Hui Kai Lung (HKUST), The Straits Times, Opinion, 08 May, 2020
Coronavirus Report – Part 68:Speculates on Future of Chinese Economy (Japanese Version)
Albert Hu, The Chemical Daily, Opinion, 07 May & 28 April, 2020
How can we tell if women are discriminated against in the labour market?
Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng, The Straits Times, Opinion, 21 March 2020
Why government should use subsidies to encourage more to take public transport
Timothy Wong, The Straits Times, Opinion, 11 February, 2020
Why there is still a gender pay gap in Singapore
Jessica Pan, The Straits Times, Opinion, 11 January, 2020