Dr Ruby Nguyen
Lecturer
School of Economics and Public Policy
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Dr Ruby (Hong Ngoc) Nguyen is a Lecturer at the School of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Adelaide. She earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, where she was honoured with the 'Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses 2022.' Her research areas include Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Applied Econometrics, Applied Economics, and Development Economics. Her work has been published in top-ranked journals, such as the European Journal of Operational Research and Omega (the International Journal of Management Science), as well as other peer-reviewed journals.
Before joining the University of Adelaide, she worked as a lecturer and course coordinator at the University of Queensland. She also served as a Macroeconomic Researcher at the Viet Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research, University of Economics and Business, Viet Nam National University, Hanoi. She is currently affiliated with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW).
My research interests are Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Applied Econometrics, Applied Economics, and Development Economics.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide 2021 - 2024 Lecturer University of Queensland -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Vietnamese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Nguyen, H. N., & O'Donnell, C. (2024). Incorporating demand constraints into piecewise frontier models of public service provision. Omega (United Kingdom), 128, 103117.
2023 Nguyen, H. N., & O'Donnell, C. (2023). Estimating the cost efficiency of public service providers in the presence of demand uncertainty. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, 309(3), 1334-1348.
2021 Obermann, G., Hoang Oanh, N., & Hong Ngoc, N. (2021). Gender pay gap in Vietnam: a propensity score matching analysis. Journal of Economics and Development, 23(3), 238-253.
2018 Hoang Nguyen, O., Hong Nguyen, N., & Siraporn, S. (2018). Personality, Value, and Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility: Evidence from Vietnam. Journal of Economics and Development, 68-85.
2017 Nguyen Hoang, O., Nguyen Hong, N., & Ho Đinh, B. (2017). Impact of Subsidy Schemes on the Economic Well-Being of Households in Vietnam. Journal of Economics and Development, 39-50.
2016 Nguyen Hoang, O., & Nguyen Hong, N. (2016). An Application of the Data Envelopment Analysis Method to Evaluate the Performance of Academic Departments within A Higher Education Institution. Journal of Economics and Development, 71-87.
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Theses
Year Citation - Nguyen, H. N. (n.d.). Demand uncertainty and efficiency in the provision of public services. -
Working Paper
Year Citation 2022 Nguyen, H. N., & O'Donnell, C. (2022). Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to Assess the Performance of Public Service Providers in the Presence of Demand Uncertainty.
Lecturer and Course Coordinator, The University of Adelaide
ECON 1008 - Data Analytics I (Undergraduate)
Lecturer and Course Coordinator, The University of Queensland
ECON7310 - Elements of Econometrics (Postgraduate)
ECON1310 - Introductory Statistics for Social Sciences (Undergraduate)
ECON7322 - Business & Economic Decision Techniques (Postgraduate)
ECON7150 - Mathematical Techniques for Economics (Postgraduate)
Academic Tutor, The University of Queensland
ECON3350 - Applied Econometrics for Macroeconomics and Finance (Undergraduate)
ECON7341 - Productivity and Efficiency Analysis (Postgraduate)
ECON7150 - Mathematical Techniques for Economics (Postgraduate)
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