Yeyoung Lee - Research

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES [2020-PRESENT]

** Please see the complete list of peer-reviewed publications on Google Scholar.

Does small-scale irrigation affect women’s time allocation? Insights from Ethiopia

World Development, 196 (107196), 2025.

The linkages between water supply, sanitation and hygiene and small-scale irrigation: Insights from rural Ethiopia

Jounal of Water and Health, jwh2025053, 2025.

The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender-specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 43(2): 732-749, 2021.

Re-examining the effects of drought on intimate-partner violence

PLoS one 16(7): e0254346, 2021.

The effects of agricultural extension service on crop production, revenue, and profit: Evidence from Mbale district in Uganda

Korean Journal of Agricultural Economics 61: 161-179, 2020.

PAPERS IN PROGRESS

To what extent does small-scale irrigation affect women’s control over the use of income? Evidence from Ethiopia,

with Elizabeth Bryan, Nicole M. Mason, and Veronique Theriault (submitted an extended abstract for the annual conference in March 2026).

How do rising rice prices affect household resilience? Evidence from rural Myanmar,

with Mywish Maredia, Duncan Boughton, Songqin Jin, and Nicole M. Mason.

AAEA 2024 | New Orleans, LA

Paper presentation (15 mins)

AAEA 2023 | Washington, DC

Lightning talk (7 mins)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2025–Dec. 2025. Graduate Student Teaching Assistant (TA), Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing.
Aug. 2022–Jun. 2025. Graduate Student Research Assistant (RA), MSU, East Lansing.
Sep. 2022–Dec. 2022. Short Term Consultant (STC), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Virtual.
Jan. 2020–Mar. 2020. Short Term Invited Researcher, Korea Rural Communicy Corportation, South Korea and Myanmar.
Apr. 2019–Dep. 2019. Research Intern, IFPRI, based in Washington DC.
Sep. 2014–Dec. 2018. Research and Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea.
Jul. 2016–Dec. 2016. Young Professional (YP), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and SNU, South Korea.

IFPRI Brown Bag Seminar | Washington, DC

Invited presentation (30 mins)

Cultivating Equality 2021 Conference | Virtual

Invited presentation (10 mins)

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

2023 & 2024. Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings, Selected Papers.
2024. International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) at AAEA, Invited Paper.
2019 & 2023. International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI) Brown Bag Seminar, Washington DC, Invited Paper.
2021. Cultivating Equality Conference, Virtual, Invited Paper.
2021. Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Virtual, Selected Poster.
2019. Sustainability and Development Conference (SDC), Ann Arbor, MI, Invited Paper.
2018. The 9th International Symposium on East-Asian Agricultural Economics, Pyeong Chang, South Korea, Awarded (Best Paper Presentation).
2017. African Studies Association (ASA) The 60th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, Selected Paper.

PRCI Global Gathering

Accra, Ghana (Apr. 2023)

IFPRI Research Internship

Washington, DC (Apr. – Sep. 2019)

CO-ORGANIZED TECHNICAL TRAININGS

** Between Oct. 2022 and Feb. 2024, I co-organized 13 technical trainings for researchers at agricultural policy research institutes in Africa and/or Asia. Below are examples of the trainings. You can access the publicly available training list here: PRCI-Africa Technical Training Modules.

Beyond Add Women and Stir: Effective Proposal Writing for Gender-related Research, with R. Meinzen-Dick, E. Byran, and M. Ndèye Fatou Faye.
Presenting Gender Research, with R. Meinzen-Dick, E. Bryan, L. Kirimi, N. Mason, and V.Theriault.
Integrating Gender into Research and Development Projects, with R. Meinzen-Dick, E. Bryan, L. Kirimi, V. Theriault, and N. Mason.
Creating Infographics for Policy Outreach and Dissemination, with M. Hill, E. Birabwa, K. Davis, J. Falik, and V. Theriault.
All You Need to Know to Get Started with Stata: From Basics to Data Management – Part II, with T. Njagi, J. Olwande, N. Mason, and V. Theriault.
All You Need to Know to Get Started with Stata: From Basics to Data Management – Part I, with T. Njagi, J. Olwande, N. Mason, and V.Theriault.

AFRE Grad Student Abroad: Fruitful Learning Experiences in Ghana

See the AFRE Newsletter here (May 30, 2023).

PRCI-Africa Technical Training Accomplishments, Impacts & Next Steps

See the published link here (Sep. 26, 2024).

BLOG POSTS

Does small-scale irrigation affect women’s time allocation? Insights from Ethiopia,

with Elizabeth Byran and Claudia Ringler, published in Agrilinks [Jan. 18, 2024]

The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender-specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania,

with Carlo Azzarri and Claudia Ringler, Research Post, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [Mar. 15, 2021]

Yeyoung Lee

Ph.D. Candidate in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Michigan State University

446 W. Circle Drive