Rate My Professor Eik Leong Swee

Swee has published in leading academic journals, with his work cited over 550 times according to Google Scholar. Key publications include “Farewell President! Political Favouritism, Economic Inequality, and Political Polarization” with Hui-Pei Cheng (European Journal of Political Economy, 2024); “Little Emperors in the Workplace: Labour Market Consequences of China’s One Child Policy” with Yuyu Chen and Hui Wang (China Economic Review, 2023); “Fanning The Flames: Rainfall Shocks, Inter-Ethnic Income Inequality, and Conflict Intensification in Mandate Palestine” with Laura Panza (Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023); “Out of the Ashes, Into the Fire: The Consequences of U.S. Weapons Sales for Political Violence” with Arvind Magesan (European Economic Review, 2018); and “Together or Separate? Post-Conflict Partition, Ethnic Homogenization, and the Provision of Public Schooling” (Journal of Public Economics, 2015, lead article). Since 2020, he has served as Associate Editor for the Singapore Economic Review and reviews for journals such as the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, and Journal of Public Economics. Swee has contributed op-eds to The Straits Times, VoxEU, and The Diplomat, with research coverage in The Straits Times and Die Welt.