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(Last updated: February 2024)

Jaesung Choi (최재성, 崔栽誠)

Associate Professor of Economics (with Tenure)

Chair of Department of Global Economics

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Contact Information

90304 International Hall, 25-2, Sungkyunkwan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 03063

(서울특별시 종로구 성균관로 25-2 성균관대학교 국제관 90304)

E-mail: jaesungc<at>skku.edu

Employment

• Associate Professor (with Tenure), Department of Global Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Sep. 2019 - Present

• Assistant Professor, Department of Global Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Sep. 2013 - Aug. 2019

• Visiting Scholar, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, Sep. 2019 - June. 2020

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, May 2013

• M.A., Economics, University of Pennsylvania, August 2011

• B.A., Economics, Yonsei University, August 2007

Teaching and Research Fields: 

• Labor Economics, Economics of Education, and Program Evaluation

• Demography, Public and Occupational Health

Recent (Academic/Non-Academic) Interests:

• People Analytics

• Web-based data collection and Visualization using R & Python

• Data Journalism

Teaching

• Undergraduate Level

  • GEC3301/ECO3009: Labor Economics

  • GEC3409: Labor Informatics

  • ECO3045: Data Science for Labor Economics

  • GEC2011: GE Freshman Seminar

  • GEC2006: Statistical Analysis for Economics

• Graduate Level

  • ECO5023: Labor Economics

  • ECO5066: Methods of Economic Data Analysis

  • QAE5004: Basics for Economic Data Analysis

  • QAE5006: Labor Economics: Quantitative Approach using Big Data

Research

• Publications in English

  • The long-run causal effects of single-sex schooling on work-related outcomes in South Korea (with Hyun Jin (Katelyn) Kim, Chloe Ahn, Jere R. Behrman, Eugen Dimant, Emily Hannum, Amber Hye-Yon Lee, Diana Mutz, Hyunjoon Park), Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2024

  • Gendered trends and patterns of attitudes toward remarriage among the divorced in South Korea (with Sangsoo Lee), Population Research and Policy Review, 2023

  • Health- and job-related factors associated with work ability in older working populations of Korea (with Jaeyoung Park, Dong-Wook Lee, Minsuk Kim, Mo-Yeol Kang), Occupational Medicine, 2023

  • Who is the most precarious among the nonstandard workers? A comparative study of unmet medical needs among standard workers and subtypes of nonstandard workers (with Joonho Ahn, Dong-Wook Lee, Mo-Yeol Kang), Journal of Occupational Health, 2023

  • Socioeconomic Disparities in the Association Between All-Cause Mortality and Health Check-Up Participation Among Healthy Middle-Aged Workers: A Nationwide Study (with Byungyoon Yun, Juyeon Oh, Laura S. Rozek, Heejoo Park, Juho Sim, Yangwook Kim, Jongmin Lee, Jin-Ha Yoon), Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2023

  • Differential impact of working hours on unmet medical needs by income level: a longitudinal study of Korean workers (with Dong-Wook Lee, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Jun-Pyo Myong, Mo-Yeol Kang), Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2022, 48(2), 109-117

  • The effect of delaying school start time on adolescents’ time use and health: Evidence from a policy change in South Korea (with Dongkyu Yang#), Asian Population Studies, 2021, 17(1), 7-29

  • Temporal change in early labor market outcomes of young college graduates in South Korea (with Hannah Bae#), The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2020,  688(1), 115-136

  • Is Educational Level Linked to Unable to Work Due to Ill-health? (Jiyoun Jung, Jun-Pyo Myong, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Mo-Yeol Kang), Safety and Health at Work, 2020, 11(2), 159-164

  • Polarized embrace: South Korean media coverage of human rights, 1990-2016 (with Jeong-woo Koo), Journal of Human Rights, 2019, 18(4), 455-473

  • The impact of working hours on cardiovascular diseases and moderating effects of sex and type of work: Results from a longitudinal analysis of the Korean working population (with Wanhyung Lee, Young-Joong Kang, Taeshik Kim, Mo-Yeol Kang), Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2019, 61(6), 247-252

  • Does working long hours increase the risk of cardiovascular disease for everyone? (with Dong-Wook Lee, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim, Jun-Pyo Myong, Yun-Chul Hong, Mo-Yeol Kang), Journal of Occupational Health, 2019, 61(6), 431-441

  • Suicide trends over time by occupation in Korea, and discussion of its relationship to economic downturns (with Jin-Ha Yoon, Sun Jae Jung, Mo-Yeol Kang), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(11)

  • Do Single-Sex Schools Enhance Students’ STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Outcomes? (with Hyunjoon Park, Jere R. Behrman), Economics of Education Review, 2018, 62, 35-47

  • The effect of school choice on student's academic performance (with Jisoo Hwang), Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 2017, 58(1), 1-19

  • Social-psychological and educational outcomes associated with peer victimization among Korean adolescents (with Rosa Minhyo Cho), International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017, 41(3), 329–340.

  • Learning beyond the school walls: Trends and implications (with Hyunjoon Park, Claudia Buchmann, Joseph J. Merry),  Annual Review of Sociology, 2016, 42, 231–252.

  • Evaluating the effects of governmental regulations on South Korean private cram schools (with Rosa Minhyo Cho), Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2016, 36(4), 599–621.

  • Living arrangements of single parents and their children in South Korea (with Hyunjoon Park, Hyejeong Jo), Marriage & Family Review, 2016, 52, 89–105.

  • Separating boys and girls and increasing weight? Assessing the impacts of single-sex schools through random assignment in Seoul (with Hyunjoon Park, Jere R. Behrman), Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 134, 1–11.

  • Long-term trends in living alone among Korean adults: Age, gender, and educational differences (with Hyunjoon Park), Demographic Research, 2015, 32, 1177–1208.

  • Association between district-level perceived safety and self-rated health: A multilevel study in Seoul, South Korea (with Seung-Sup Kim, Kisoo Park, Yeonseung Chung, Sangjo Park), BMJ Open, 2014, 4(7), 1–6.

  • Causal effects of single-sex schools on college entrance exams and college attendance: Random assignment in Seoul high schools (with Hyunjoon Park, Jere R. Behrman), Demography, 2013, 50(2), 447–469.

• Publications in Korean (저자의 이름 옆에 *가 표시된 공저자는 현재 재학 중인 지도 학생이며, #이 표시된 공저자는 졸업한 지도 학생을 나타냄)

  • 학자금 대출 경험이 노동시장 초기행태에 미치는 영향 (with 양동규#), 경제분석, 2019, 25(4), 1-24.

(The impacts of student loans on early labor market performance)

• • 특성화고 출신 고졸 여성의 선취업 후진학 선택에 관한 분석 (with 문상균*),  여성연구, 2017, 94(3), 79-108.

(Analysis of the decision to enter labor market first and go to college later among female vocational high school graduates) 

• • 학원정보 공공데이터를 활용한 서울시 사교육 공급에 관한 분석 (with 문상균*, 배한나#), 조사연구, 2016, 17(3), 81–108.

(Analysis on the supply of private supplementary education in Seoul using administrative data on Hagwon)

• • 가족구조에 따른 미성년 자녀의 의료이용 분석 (with 김정욱#), 한국사회복지학, 2016, 68(3), 5–27.

(Analysis of family structure on children's medical utilization)

• Other Publications

  • (Letter) Single-Sex Education: Positive Effects (with Hyunjoon Park, Jere R. Behrman), Science, 2012, 335, 165–166.

• Fellowships and Grants

  • Korean Millennials - Coming of Age in the Era of Inequality: 2016-2021 (CI, AKS-2016-LAB-2250002)

  • SSK(Social Science Korea) Human Rights Forum: 2016-2020 (CI, NRF-2016S1A3A2925085)

  • Samsung Research Grant: 2017-2018

  • Sungkyun Research Grant: 2014-2015

  • Fellowship for Doctoral Study, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies: 2008-2013

  • Travel Grant, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28): 2012

  • Travel Support for Young Economists, Econometric Society: 2011