Jamus Lim
Singaporean politician
Jamus Jerome Lim Chee Wui (Chinese : 林志蔚 ; pinyin : Lín Zhìweì ; born 1976)[1] [3] is a Singaporean politician, economist and associate professor. A member of the Workers' Party (WP), Lim has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Anchorvale division of Sengkang GRC . Since 2020, he has been Deputy Head of Policy Research of the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC).[4] [5]
Early life and career
Lim attended Catholic High School , Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College as part of his early education in Singapore.[1] He was a service medic in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) during his National Service (NS).[1]
Lim graduated from the University of Southern Queensland in 1998 with a Bachelor of Business degree in economics .[1] He then obtained a Master of Science degree in economics from the London School of Economics in 2000, and went on to the University of California, Santa Cruz , where he graduated in 2006 with a Master of Arts degree in politics and a PhD in international economics .[6] In 2018, Lim graduated from Harvard Extension School with a Master of Liberal Arts degree in history .[7] [8] [6] [9]
Lim started his career at JP Morgan , before working at the World Bank for seven years, from 2007 to 2014, serving in its Development Prospects Group and specialising in long-term macroeconomic projections.[10] He was an economist at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority .[9] In 2018, he joined the Singapore-based independent investment management firm Thirdrock.[11] Lim is an associate professor of economics at ESSEC Business School in Singapore.[12] [13] On 23 July 2020, Lim was elected to the council of the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS).[14]
Political career
Lim at a press conference in 2020.
Lim became a member of the Workers' Party (WP) in September 2019, having previously volunteered in the party's grassroots activities.[10]
On 30 June 2020, he was announced as part of a four-member WP team contesting in the newly-formed Sengkang GRC with team members, He Ting Ru , Louis Chua and Raeesah Khan in the 2020 general election .[15]
On 1 July 2020, Lim engaged in a televised political debate with Francis Yuen of the Progress Singapore Party , Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party and Minister Vivian Balakrishnan of the governing People's Action Party .[16] [17] His performance at the debate was well-received,[18] [19] [20] with PN Balji of The New Paper writing that he was "smelling of roses"[21] and Toh Wen Li of The Straits Times describing Lim as the "star candidate" of the Workers' Party.[22]
On 10 July 2020, following the results of the 2020 general election , Lim and his team were elected into Parliament after securing 52.13% of the vote,[4] [23] defeating the governing People's Action Party in an upset victory that secured a second group representation constituency for the opposition.[24] [25]
On 3 September 2020, Lim gave his maiden speech in Parliament. He asserted that there was "insufficient compassion in our policymaking process" and proposed that Singapore could implement a "simple, across-the-board minimum wage ".[26]
On 27 December 2020, Lim was elected as Deputy Head of the Policy Research Team of the WP's Central Executive Committee (CEC).[27]
On 11 July 2023, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin made a public apology to Lim after a clip of him using "unparliamentary language " during a 17 April parliamentary sitting was shared on Reddit ; Tan had muttered "fucking populist" shortly after Lim's 20-minute speech on the establishment of an official poverty line . Lim accepted Tan's apology.[28]
Personal life
In his younger days, Lim was a rugby player, drummer , and self-declared "Solitaire junkie".[12] Lim is married to Chilean-American writer Eneida Patricia Alcalde. They have a daughter who was born in 2019.[29]
Selected works and publications
Yang, Tracy; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2004). "Crisis, contagion, and East Asian stock markets". Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies . 7 (1): 119–151. doi :10.1142/S0219091504000068 .
Beardsley, Kyle; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2009). "Atoms for Peace, Redux: Energy Codependency for Sustained Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula". Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy . 15 (1): 4. doi :10.2202/1554-8597.1129 . S2CID 154607533 .
Lim, Jamus Jerome (2009). "Reinstating the Rational Voter". Economists' Voice . 6 (3): 1–2. doi :10.2202/1553-3832.1476 . S2CID 153486971 .
Lim, Jamus Jerome; Janus, Thorsten (2009). "Sticks and Carrots: Two Incentive Mechanisms Supporting Intra-Group Cooperation". Economics Letters . 102 (3): 177–180. doi :10.1016/j.econlet.2008.12.012 .
Decker, Jessica Henson; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2009). "Democracy and trade: an empirical study". Economics of Governance . 10 (2): 165–186. doi :10.1007/s10101-008-0053-8 . S2CID 44013869 .
Collins, Anne D.; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2010). "Recognition, Redistribution, and Liberty". Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization . 74 (3): 240–252. doi :10.1016/j.jebo.2010.03.005 .
Lim, Jamus Jerome; Saborowski, Christian (2012). "Export diversification in a transitioning economy". Economics of Transition . 20 (2): 339–367. doi :10.1111/j.1468-0351.2011.00430.x . S2CID 153512596 .
Haddad, Mona; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Pancaro, Cosimo; Saborowski, Christian (2013). "Trade openness reduces growth volatility when countries are well diversified". Journal of Monetary Economics . 46 (2): 765–790. doi :10.1111/caje.12031 . hdl :10419/153924 . S2CID 78052 .
Adams-Kane, Jonathon; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2016). "Institutional Quality Mediates the Effect of Human Capital on Economic Performance" (PDF) . Review of Development Economics . 20 (2): 426–442. doi :10.1111/rode.12236 . hdl :10986/18361 . S2CID 54616164 .
Mohapatra, S; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2016). "The Effect of Quantitative Easing on Financial Flows to Developing Countries" . Journal of International Money and Finance . 68 (1): 331–357. doi :10.1016/j.jimonfin.2016.02.009 .
Adams‐Kane, Jonathon; Caballero, Julian A; Lim, Jamus Jerome (2017). "Foreign bank behavior during financial crises" (PDF) . Journal of Money, Credit and Banking . 49 (2–3): 351–392. doi :10.1111/jmcb.12382 . hdl :10419/115470 .
Huidrom, Raju; Kose, Ayhan; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Ohnsorge, Franziska Lieselotte (2019). "Why do fiscal multipliers depend on fiscal positions?" (PDF) . Canadian Journal of Economics . 114 : 109–125. doi :10.1016/j.jmoneco.2019.03.004 . S2CID 197770956 .
Lim, Jamus Jerome (2019). "Growth in the Shadow of Debt" . Journal of Banking and Finance . 103 (1): 98–112. doi :10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.04.002 .
Huidrom, Raju; Kose, M Ayhan; Lim, Jamus Jerome; Ohnsorge, Franziska L (2020). "Why do fiscal multipliers depend on fiscal positions?" . Journal of Monetary Economics . 114 : 109–125. doi :10.2139/ssrn.3360720 . hdl :10986/31432 .
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^ a b Lee, Loraine (26 June 2020). "GE2020: WP introduces five more candidates, including a 27-year-old social activist" . Today . Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
^ a b Lim, Kimberly Anne (18 March 2020). "WP's potential GE candidate is an RI, Harvard and LSE grad" . AsiaOne . Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020 .
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^ a b "ESSEC Business School | Jamus Lim – Associate Professor – ESSEC Business School" . www.essec.edu . Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
^ Yuen, Sin; Toh, Wen Li (3 April 2020). "Singapore GE: PAP, WP line-ups for new Sengkang GRC appear to be taking shape" . The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
^ Ng, Keng Gene (23 July 2020). "New MP Jamus Lim elected to Economic Society of Singapore's council" . The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020 .
^ Abu Baker, Jalelah (30 June 2020). "GE2020: PAP and WP to face off in new four-member Sengkang GRC" . CNA . Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
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^ Sholihyn, Ilyas (2 July 2020). "WP's Jamus Lim and PAP's Vivian Balakrishnan win over the internet after their GE2020 debate performances" . AsiaOne . Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
^ Balji, PN (2 July 2020). "PN Balji: Jamus Lim smelling like roses after GE2020 live debate" . The New Paper . Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
^ Toh, Wen Li (2 July 2020). "Singapore GE2020: PAP's Sengkang GRC team promises new town council, more amenities" . The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020 .
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^ Kurohi, Rei (3 September 2020). "Parliament: WP's Jamus Lim quizzed by PAP MPs on minimum wage and 'compassionate policymaking' " . The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020 .
^ "WP elects Sengkang GRC MPs to its CEC, party leaders Pritam Singh and Sylvia Lim retain posts" . The Straits Times . 27 December 2020.
^ Lee, Amanda (5 September 2023). "Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin apologises to Jamus Lim for 'unparliamentary language' caught on hot mic" . The Straits Times .
^ Tan, Claudia (19 June 2023). "4-year-old asks Jamus Lim to marry her mother who 'really likes' him – here's how he responded" . AsiaOne.
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