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When Disaster Strikes: How Climate Events Influence Employment Preferences 
As extreme climate events, including wildfires, heatwaves, floods, and hurricanes, become more frequent and severe, their economic impact is often quantified through the lens of physical destruction. Table 1 summarizes the total amount of damage and frequency of 13 types of climate disasters in the U.S. between July ...
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Asian Economic Development Conference 2026 -- Call for Papers
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Development Bank Institute, in collaboration with The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will co-host the 5th Asian Economic Development Conference on 13-14 June 2026 in Hong Kong, China, supported by the IEMS. We invite researchers to submit their original ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2025/adb-2026
Demographic shift moves beyond old sad story
In a recent article in the China Daily, Prof. Stuart Gietel-Basten authored a column article on China's demographic shifts featuring population decline and rapid aging. He noted that future prosperity depends not on reversing inevitable trends, but on intelligently and proactively navigating them. Read the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2026/demographic-shift-moves-beyond-old-sad-story
GBA Career Exploration@Qianhai
GBA Career Exploration at Qianhai  On 7 November 2025, EY, Dean of Business and Management (DBM), and HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS) co-organized the “GBA Career Exploration@Qianhai”, bringing together 50 students from HKUST and HKUST (Guangzhou) to explore ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/iems-updates/2025/gba-career-exploration-qianhai
Webinar by ADB on COVID-19, Technology, and Polarizing Jobs
COVID-19 is driving economies into recession, putting many jobs at risk. Up to 242 million full-time jobs could be lost globally, with 70% of these in Asia and the Pacific. Informal employees in vulnerable sectors will be hard hit and many middle-skilled workers face being ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/iems-updates/2020/adb-webinar-on-covid-19-technology-and-polarizing-jobs
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