Research Topics
Immigration, Local Labor Market, Agglomeration
Working Papers
[1] "The Effect of Retaining High-Skilled International Graduates: Evidence from the STEM OPT Extension," (with Seoyoung Kwon and Joan Monras) [Paper], R&R at Journal of Labor Economics
[2] "Mobility Responses of Foreign-Born to Native-Biased Labor Supply Shocks: Evidence from Post-WWII US" [Paper]
Supported by NBER Pre-doctoral Fellowship in High-Skill Immigration.
Previously circulated as "Location Choices of Highly Educated Immigrants and Natives."
[3] "The Young, the Middle, and the Old: Aging Spillovers in Cities," (with Myungkyu Shim and Hee-Seung Yang) [Paper]
[4] "Migration Responses to Comprehensive Place-Based Policies: Evidence from South Korea’s Innovation City Project," (with Yoon Sang Moon) [Paper]
[5] "Mitigating Child Penalty: Grandparents’ Childcare and Women’s Labour Supply in South Korea," (with Yujeong Lee and Hee-Seung Yang) [Paper], R&R
[6] "Stay Longer, Fill the Vacancy: Evidence from South Korea‘s New Visa System," (with Yujeong Lee and Hee-Seung Yang) [Paper]
[7] "Male Labor Demand Shock, Marriage, and Fertility: Evidence from South Korea," (with Ji Soo Hong and Hee-Seung Yang) [Paper]
[8] "Aging, Automation, and Skill Demand," (with Geunyong Park and Hee-Seung Yang) [Paper]
[9] "The Effects of a Sudden Stop in Low-Skilled Immigration: Evidence from Korea’s Guest Worker Program" (with Giovanni Peri and Hee-Seung Yang) [Paper]
In the Media: Devdiscourse, VoxEU, ProMarket
[11] "Immigration and Human Capital Adjustments: Evidence from the 1990 Reform of Japan’s Immigration Act," (with Akira Sasahara) [Paper]
[12] "Brains to the Capital: Wage Gaps and the Regional Sorting of Skilled Migrants in South Korea," (with Jongwoo Chung and Hyejin Kim) [Paper]
[13] "More Robots, More People: Robot-Induced Internal Migration in South Korea," (with Hyejin Kim and Wookun Kim) [Paper]
[14] "Aging and Political Preferences: Evidence from South Korea," (with Ian Choi and Hee-Seung Yang)
[15] "Does Household Spending Respond to Politically Motivated Beliefs? Evidence from Linked Survey-Transaction Data" (with Seoyoon Jeong, Kwang Hwan Kim, Jaehyeok Lee, Myunghwan Andrew Lee, and Myungkyu Shim)