Eik Leong Swee

The COVID-19 dilemma: Public health versus the economy

Euston Quah, Eik Leong Swee, Donghyun Park

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The tradeoff between lost lives during the pandemic and lost livelihoods is often viewed as an all-or-nothing choice between compl..

Lives v livelihoods debate - the economist's take

Eik Leong Swee, Euston Quah

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

With Singapore gradually reopening its economy while controlling Covid-19 transmission, it is important to strike a balance betwee..

Managing the Coronavirus: What the World Can Learn From Asia-Pacific Responses

Eik Leong Swee

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

What are the dilemmas governments must navigate in responding to the pandemic?

Getting Ahead in Singapore: How Neighborhoods, Gender, and Ethnicity Affect Enrollment into Elite Schools

Vincent Chua, E Swee, Barry Wellman

Journal article  |  2019  |  Sociology of Education

Is education the social leveler it promises to be? Nowhere is this question better addressed than in Singapore, the emblematic mod..

Out of the ashes, into the fire: The consequences of US weapons sales for political violence

Arvind Magesan, Eik Leong Swee

Journal article  |  2018  |  European Economic Review

Migrant Networks and Job Search: Evidence from Thailand

Eik Leong Swee

Journal article  |  2017  |  Economic Development and Cultural Change

The Economics of Conflict: Theory and Empirical Evidence

Eik Leong Swee

Journal article  |  2017  |  Economic Record

PRESIDENT TRUMP: WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES

John Freebairn, Eik Leong Swee

Media  |  2016

With mixed messages coming from the US President-elect, his likely economic impact is unclear.

Good geography, good institutions? Historical evidence from nineteenth-century British colonies

Eik Leong Swee, Laura Panza

Journal article  |  2016  |  European Economic Review

Economics of Civil War

Eik Leong Swee

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Australian Economic Review