Chia Ngee Choon is an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is the co-director of the Next Age Institute, which is a research institute housed in NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is the co-editor of the Singapore Economic Review. Prof Chia obtained her PhD in Economics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

She has lent her expertise to prominent international entities, including ADB, ADBI, IDRC, and the World Bank, offering her valuable insights through consulting engagements. She has built up a solid research portfolio in fiscal policies and economics of ageing studies. Her recent research focuses on the themes of social protection, retirement financing, health financing and long-term care financing, contextualized to the unique framework of Singapore.

She was invited to conduct several commissioned studies on the adequacy of social security under the Central Provident Fund (CPF) system in Singapore. She has led a collaborative research endeavor with the CPF Board and the Ministry of Manpower, dedicated to unraveling the complexities of work, retirement and health using the Retirement and Health Study data. She is serving on the board of Directors of the Agency of Integrated Care, an agency established under the purview of the Ministry of Health to oversee, harmonize, and streamline initiatives related to care integration.