JANGYOUN LEE (0000-0001-5430-5553) (orcid.org)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
[Fields] Macroeconomics
[Keywords] Economic Inequality and Growth, Financial Stability
EDUCATION
2017–2021 PhD in Economics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Dissertation: "Three Essays in Economic Inequality"
(Committee: Prof. Ha-joon Chang, Prof. Tiago Cavalcanti, Prof. Facundo Alvaredo)
2016–2017 MPhil in Economic Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2015–2016 MSc in Economics, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
2000–2006 BA in Economics, Korea University, South Korea
(2002–2004) (On leave for two-year mandatory military service)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022– Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Incheon National University, South Korea
2006–2022 Economist, Bank of Korea, South Korea
PUBLICATIONS
(In English)
Long-run Implications of Super Low Fertility on Korean Housing Markets, Economic Modelling 107125, 2025. Link
Rising land values and the Post-1978 Growth-Inequality Relationship , Applied Economics, 57(29), pp.4098-4112, 2025.Link
Determinants of long-term institutional investors' investment: Insights from a machine-learning analysis, Applied Economics Letters, 32(18), pp.2626-2631, 2025.Link
Behind the elusive employment effect of the minimum wage: A regression discontinuity approach, the Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 66(2), 2025.Link
The Kimchi Premium and Bitcoin-Cashing Outlets, Finance Research Letters, 50, 103200, 2022.Link
Behind Rising Inequality and Falling Growth, Journal of Macroeconomics, 70, 103371, 2021.Link
Rentier Premium and Wealth Inequality, Economics Bulletin, 41(3), p. 1994-2002, 2021.Link
Assessment Methodologies for Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions (with the Other Shadow Banking Entities Workstream members), Financial Stability Board, Jan 2014Link
Strengthening Oversight and Regulation of Shadow Banking, Financial Stability Board, Aug 2013 Link
(In Korean)
우리나라 1인 가구의 한계소비성향 분석, 한국경제의 분석, 31(1), pp.55-93, 2025. Link
The Marginal Propensity to Consume of Single-Person Households in South Korea, ournal of Korean Economic Analysis, 31(1), pp.55-93, 2025.
외국인 유입이 우리나라 노동시장에 미치는 영향, 지역개발연구, 2025.
Impact of Foreign Workers on the Labor Market in South Korea.
우리나라 고령자의 은퇴 이후 소득절벽 효과 분석, 경제학연구, 72(1), pp.29-71, 2024. Link
The Income Cliff Effect after Retirement in South Korea, Korean Journal of Economic Studies, pp.29-71, 72(1), 2024.
우리나라 노동시장에서의 흙수저 디스카운트 효과, 경제학연구, 70(4), pp.27-68, 2022. Link
Being born with a wooden spoon cannot guarantee a golden future?, Korean Journal of Economic Studies, 70(4), pp.27-68, 2022.
청년층 근로자의 이직을 통한 임금 사다리 효과 분석, 경제학연구, 70(3), pp.97-141, 2022. Link
Can Job Turnover Help Young Korean Workers Climb the Wage Ladder?, Korean Journal of Economic Studies, 70(3), pp.97-141, 2022.
지역경제발전과 금융시스템의 역할, 지역발전연구, 23(1), pp.31-58, 2014. Link
The Role of Financial Sector in Regional Economic Development, Journal of Regional Studies and Development, 23(1), pp.31-58, 2014.
금융위기 이후 저신용 가계 차주 현황, 한국은행 이슈노트, 2, 2014. Link
강원도 신재생에너지산업의 현황과 발전방안 , 한국은행 강원본부, 2009. Link
강원지역 서비스산업의 현황과 발전방향, 한국은행 강원본부, 2009. Link
WORK IN PROGRESS
In Search of the Origin of Original Sin Dissipation (with Han and Oh, IMF working paper; R&R at the Journal of International Money and Finance) Link
Becoming a Homeowner and Tightening the Belt in South Korea (with Oh)
Economic Consequences of Self-Employment Exit in Later Life (with Oh)
The Impact of Super-low Fertility rate on Housing Market (with Suh)
Conflict Trap and Economic Slowdown
Testing Piketty’s Hypothesis on the Drivers of Economic Inequality in South Korea
REFEREEING EXPERIENCE
Journal of Macroeconomics, Finance Research Letters, International Economic Journal, Korean Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Northeast Asian Economic Studies, 노동경제논집
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025 Economic Growth and Business Cycles (Spring), Mathematical Economics (Spring, Fall)
2024 Economic Growth and Business Cycles (Spring), Mathematical Economics (Spring), Mathematics for Economics (Fall), Economics of Inequality (Fall)
2023 Economic Growth and Business Cycles (Spring), Seminar on Money, Banking and Financial Markets (Spring), Mathematics for Economics(Fall)
2022 Economic Growth (Spring), International Trade (Spring), Mathematics for Economics (Fall), Financial Economics (Fall)