Address: Department of Consumer and Digital Innovation Research, Korea Insurance Research Institute
Gukjegeumyungro 6 Gil 38, Youngdeungpo, Seoul, Korea
Phone: +82 2 3775 9027
email: hw.byun(AT)kiri(DOT)or(DOT)kr
Aug 2008 - present, Research Fellow, Korea Insurance Research Institute
May 2019 - Dec 2022, Director, Department of Financial Consumer Research, Korea Insurance Research Institute
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017, Visiting Scholar, Division of Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University
Mar 2022 - Feb 2024, Editor In Chief, The Journal of Women and Economics, KWEA
Mar 2021 - Feb 2024, Vice President, Korean Acamedy of Financial Consumer (KAFC)
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024, Financial Development Review Committee Member, the Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Jan 2018 - Jan 2024, Insurance Investigation Committee Member, the Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Oct 2019 - Oct 2023, Proactive Administrative Support Committee Member
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021, Secretary, Korean Academy of Financial Consumers (KAFC)
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020, Secretary, Korean Women Economist Association (KWEA)
Feb 2015 - Feb 2020, Board Member, Korean Women Economist Association (KWEA)
July 2014 - Mar 2017, Advisory Committee Member, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), Korea
June 2013 - Dec 2015, Korean Delegate, the Committee of Insurance and Private Pensions (IPPC), OECD
CITI Program Certificate in Social & Behavioral Research - Basic/Refresher
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research Certificate in Protecting Human Research Participants
Aug 2008, Ph.D. in Economics, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Feb 1999, M. A. in Economics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Feb 1997, B. A. in Economics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
“How Do Insurance Consumers' Experiences Affect Trust in Insurance?” Journal of Insurance and Finance, Vol. 34 (4), 2023 (with Young-Ae Sung and Min-jeung Kim) (in Korean)
"The Factors Influencing Insurance Claims Satisfaction," Journal of Financial Consumers, Vol. 13 (1), 2023 (in Korean)
“The Effect of Product Diversification on Profitability of Korean Insurers,” Journal of Insurance and Finance, Vol. 27 (2), 2016 (with Yunmi Nam) (in Korean)
“The Size of the Affiliation Effect,” Global Economic Review, Vol. 44 (2), 2015
“Improving Financial Literacy on Insurance,” the Korean Journal of Economics, Vol. 22 (1), 2015 (in Korean)
“Estimating the Effects of Improving a Variable Life Insurance Key Features Document,” Journal of Insurance and Finance, Vol. 25 (1), 2014 (with Hae-Sik Kim and Jin-Tae Hwang) (in Korean)
“The Increase in Household Debt and Borrowing Constraints,” Quarterly Economic Analysis, Vol. 18 (1), 2012 (with Kyeongwon Yoo) (in Korean)
“Health Risk and Household Portfolio Choice in Korea,” Working Paper (with Kyeongwon Yoo) (in Korean)
“Why Rock Stars Do Not Raise Their Ticket Prices,” Working Paper
2019 - present, the Korean Academy of Financial Consumers (Board Member)
2009 - present, the Korean Women Economists Association
2008 - present, the Korean Economic Association
2004 - present, the American Economic Association