Dr Jongsay Yong

Senior Research Fellow
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Tel. +61 3 8344 2121
Fax. +61 3 8344 2111
Email. jongsay@unimelb.edu.au

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Jongsay Yong is a Senior Research Fellow in the Applied Microeconomic Section of the Melbourne Institute. He joined the Melbourne Institute in 2002, after spending eight years as lecturer and later senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore. His research interests center on theoretical and empirical issues in industrial economics and health economics. He is experienced in building and analyzing theoretical models for empirical and policy analysis. In recent years he has expanded his research into data-intensive work with a particular focus on health economics and firm productivity. His current work includes a project on measuring hospital performance and quality, and another on investigating productivity of new firms and exiting firms using firm-level data. Both projects are funded by the Australian Research Council under the Linkage Grant scheme.

Selected recent working papers

• "A Two-Stage Estimation of Hospital Performance Using Mortality Outcome Measures: An Application Using Victorian Hospital Data." (with Chua, C.L. and A. Palangkaraya), Working Paper 10/2008.
• "In the Shadow of the China–Australia FTA Negotiations: What Australian Business Thinks about IP." (with Leahy, A., D. MacLaren, D. Morgan, K. Weatherall and E. Webster), Working Paper 26/2007.

Selected recent publications

• Palangkaraya, A., J. Yong, E. Webster and P. Dawkins (forthcoming), “The distributive consequences of recent private health insurance policies in Australia: Gainers versus losers,” European Journal of Health Economics, accepted May 2008.
• Palangkaraya, A., A. Stierwald and J. Yong (forthcoming), “ Is firm productivity related to size and age? The case of large Australian firms,” Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, accepted Nov 2007.
• Quah, E. and J. Yong (2008), “ An assessment of four popular auction mechanisms in the siting of NIMBY facilities: Some experimental evidence,” Applied Economics, 40(7), 841-852.
• Palangkaraya, A. and J. Yong (2007), “How Effective is 'Lifetime Health Cover' in Raising Private Health Insurance Coverage in Australia? An Assessment Using Regression Discontinuity,” Applied Economics, 39(11), 1361-1374.
• Goh, M. and J. Yong (2006), “Impacts of Code-share Alliances on Airline Cost Structure: A Truncated Third Order Translog Estimation,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24(4), 835-866.
• Palangkaraya, A. and J. Yong (2005) “Effects of Recent Carrot-and-Stick Policy Initiatives on Private Health Insurance Coverage in Australia,” The Economic Record, 81 (254), 262--72.