Underwood International College

Employment

Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei University (2022.9 – Present)

Associate Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei University (2019.9 – 2022.8)

Associate Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management (2017.8 – 2019.8)

Assistant Professor (Lecturer in Australia), Department of Economics, Monash University (2011.9 – 2017.7) 

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, San Diego
Master of Economics, Yonsei University
B.A. in Political Science, Yonsei University

Courses and Current Research Areas

Research and Teaching Interests

Primary Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Development Economics

Secondary Fields: Applied Econometrics, Health Economics

Selected Publications

SSCI Journals

“Does the Small Business Program Benefit Self-Employed Workers? Evidence from Nicaragua” (with Booyuel Kim & Rony Rodríguez-Ramírez), Journal of Development Effectiveness, forthcoming.

“How Does Low-Skilled Immigration Affect Native Wages? Evidence from Employment Permit System in Korea” (with Michell Dong & Jongkwan Lee), Oxford Economic Papers, forthcoming.

“The Rise of Low-Skill Service Employment: The Role of Dual-Earner Households” (with Jongkwan Lee & Myungkyu Shim), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 202: 255-273.

“Pandemic and Employment: Evidence from COVID-19 in South Korea” (with Jongkwan Lee), Journal of Asian Economics, 2022, 78: 101432.

“Returns to Women’s Education Using Optimal IV Selection” (with Bin Jiang, Jun Sung Kim & Chuhui Li), Applied Economics, 2019, 51(8): 815-830.

“The Effect of Female Education on Marital Matches and Child Health in Bangladesh” (with Youjin Hahn & Kanti Nuzhat), Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31(3): 915-936.

“Does Greater School Autonomy Make a Difference? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment in South Korea” (with Youjin Hahn & Liang C. Wang), Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 161: 15-30.

“Interindustry Wage Differentials, Technology Adoption, and Job Polarization” (with Myungkyu Shim), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 146: 141-160.

“Education, Marriage and Fertility: Long-Term Evidence from a Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh” (with Youjin Hahn, Asadul Islam, Kanti Nuzhat & Russell Smyth), Economic Development & Cultural Change, 2018, 66(2): 383-415.

“Do Work Decisions among Young Adults Respond to Extended Dependent Coverage?” (with Youjin Hahn), Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69(3): 737-771.

More Information

Editorial Services

Editorial Board, Korean Economic Review, The Korean Economic Association (2021.3 – Present)

Editorial Advisory Board, Korea Observer, The Institute of Korean Studies (2019.3 – Present)

Associate Editor, International Economic Journal, The Korea International Economic Association (2019.2 – Present)

Editorial Board, Journal of Korean Economic Studies, The Association of Korean Economic Studies (2018.4 – Present)

Academic Services

Board of Directors, The Korean Labor Economic Association (2023.3 – Present)

Board of Directors, The Korean Academy of Development Policy (2023.3 – Present)

Board of Directors, The Korean Economic Association (2022.3 – 2023.2)

Secretary-General, The Korean Economic Association (2021.3 – 2022.2)

Board of Directors, The Korean Association of Public Finance (2018.3 – 2020.2)