Personal Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/eugeneoue/

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Maryland, 2017–2023

Dissertation Committe: Borağan Aruoba, Felipe Saffie, Luminita Stevens

B.Sc. in Economics and Finance, HKUST, 2013–2017

Academic Position

Assistant Professor, Shandong University, October 2025 - Present

Research Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 2023 – June 2025

Research Interests

Macroeconomics, Inequality, Family Economics, International Finance, Innovation and Growth

Working Papers

Reviving Micro Real Rigidities: The Importance of Demand Shocks, with Borağan Aruoba, Felipe Saffie, and Jonathan Willis, NBER Working Paper 32518, 2025
(R&R at Review of Economic Studies)

Optimal Taxation in a Life-Cycle Model with Endogenous Marriage, 2024

Dynamic Consequences of Migration Frictions: How China’s Hukou Policy Affects Human Capital Accumulation and Intergenerational Income Persistence, 2020

Works in Progress

Optimal Mix of Trade and Migration Policies, with Zongyue Liu

Venture Capital and Labor Market Outcomes of Young Firms, with Yi (Elaine) Liu

Family Structure and Entrepreneurship, with Seho Kim and Yi (Elaine) Liu

Devaluation and Inequality: The Role of Firm Borrowing, with Dheeraj Chaudhary