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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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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
Bloomberg Businessweek: Layoffs Loom in China as Growth Slows
IEMS Director Albert Park was interviewed by Bloomberg Businessweek on China’s overall labor employment situation as the country’s growth rate begins to flag. As quoted in the article: Layoffs have been particularly high among export-oriented manufacturers in southern China’s Pearl River Delta. A ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2016/layoffs-loom-in-china-as-growth-slows-iems-albert-park-interviewed-by-bloomberg-businessweek
Workshop on Challenges in Emerging Markets in the 21st Century
With Support from EY, HKUST IEMS hosted a two-day workshop with senior leaders from EY as well as high-level researchers and faculty from the international network of universities connected through the emerging market research institutions throughout Hong Kong, India, and Russia sponsored by EY. The current members of ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2015/workshop-on-challenges-in-emerging-markets-in-the-21st-century
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