Yew-Kwang Ng
Yew-Kwang Ng | |
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| Born | 7 August 1942 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Welfare economics |
| Institutions | |
| Awards | Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia (2007) |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 黃有光 |
| Simplified Chinese | 黄有光 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Yǒu Guāng |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Jau5 Gwong1 |
| Hokkien POJ | N̂g Iú-kong |
| Tâi-lô | N̂g Iú-kong |
| Website | |
Yew-Kwang Ng or simply Kwang (Chinese: 黃有光; English pronunciation /ˈkwæŋ/; born 7 August 1942) is a Malaysian-Australian economist, who is currently Emeritus Professor of Economics at Monash University, and an Honorary Professor at the School of Economics, Peking University. In 2007, he was elected as Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia. He was elected in 1981 to be a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; and became a Jubilee Fellow since 2021.
He has published in a variety of academic disciplines and is best known for his work in welfare economics.