Dongyoung Kim

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

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Fields of Interest

• Health Economics, Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Working Papers

• Effects of Temperature on Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from Emergency Medical Services Response Time, 2024 Submitted

• Every Second Counts: Effects of Emergency Medical Services Response Time on Mortality At the Scene, 2024 Submitted

• Emergency Room Shopping: Evidence from Patient Fixed Effects Approach, 2023 (available upon request)

• Depressed in the Heat of the Moment: Immediate Impact of Temperature on Suicide by Time of Day, 2024 (available upon request)

• Gendered Local Labor Market Effects of Peace: Evidence from the End of the Aceh Insurgency, 2023 

• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health Management: Evidence from Individual-Level Universal Insurance Claims Data, 2024, with Pyoungsik Kim Submitted 

• Intergenerational Impact of Early Life Exposure to Trauma: Parental Exposure to the Korean War and Risk Aversion, 2022, with Young-Il Albert Kim Submitted

• Wealth and Risk Attitude: Evidence from House Price Increase in Korea, 2024, with Young-Il Albert Kim Submitted

• Gendered Effects of Community Bereavement on Time Use: Evidence from the Sewol Ferry Disaster, 2023, with Sok Chul Hong 

(Previous title: The Allocation of Time after Psychological Shock: Evidence from the Sewol Ferry Disaster) 

Publications (Pre-Doctoral Research)

• 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. 

• 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.

Selected Works in Progress

• Mental Health Effects of Housing Prices, with Young-Il Albert Kim.

• Maternal Stress and the Timing of Fertility: Evidence from Traditional Holidays in South Korea.