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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Kookmin University.
Email: dongyoung.kim0123[at]gmail.com, dkim0123[at]kookmin.ac.kr
Education
2023 Ph.D., Economics, Duke University
2017 M.A., Economics, Sogang University
2015 B.A., Economics (Summa Cum Laude and Departmental Honors), Sogang University
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Interest
Health Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Publications
Consistency of Perception of Tobacco Use: Evidence from a Biomarker, 2024, with Soomin Jang, Conditionally Accepted at Social Science & Medicine
Gendered Effects of Community Bereavement on Time Use: Evidence from the Sewol Ferry Disaster, 2025, with Sok Chul Hong Accepted at Labour Economics
Intergenerational Impact of Early Life Exposure to Trauma: Maternal Exposure to the Korean War and Risk Aversion, 2022, with Young-Il Albert Kim, Accepted at Journal of Comparative Economics
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide: Evidence from South Korea, with Pyoungsik Kim. BMC Public Health, 2025, 25, 297.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Management: Evidence from Individual-Level Universal Insurance Claims Data, with Pyoungsik Kim. Labour Economics, 2025, 92, 102673.
The Long-Term Human Toll of Natural Disasters: A Study of Fetal Exposure to the 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak, with Sok Chul Hong and Eutteum Lee. Applied Economics, 2021, 53(4), 469-481.
Mental Health Cost of Terrorism: Study of the Charlie Hebdo Attack in Paris [Final Preprint Version], with Young-Il Albert Kim. Health Economics, 2018, 27(1), pp. e1-e14.
Working Papers (available upon request)
Welfare Effects of Tobacco Tax Increase: Sufficient Statistics Approach with a Biomarker, 2025, with Su Hwan Chung
Fiscal News and Time Use: Evidence from Information Experiment, 2025, with Yunbin Cho, Kwang Hwan Kim, Young-Il Albert Kim, and Myungkyu Shim
Depressed in the Heat of the Moment: Immediate Impact of Temperature on Suicide by Time of Day, 2024
Rising Temperatures, Falling Trust: The Impact of Heat Exposure on Institutional Trust, 2025, with Hwanoong Lee
Every Second Counts: Effects of Emergency Medical Services Response Time on Mortality at the Scene, 2024
Emergency Room Shopping: Evidence from Within-Patient Actual Travel Time, 2025
Gendered Local Labor Market Effects of Peace: Evidence from the End of the Aceh Insurgency, 2023
Wealth and Risk Attitude: Evidence from House Price Increase in Korea, 2024, with Young-Il Albert Kim
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