Thank you for visiting my website! I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim and a member of the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 224 "Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges: Equality of Opportunity, Market Regulation, and Financial Stability."
My research focuses on Macroeconomics, Growth, Development, and Human Capital. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from UC San Diego in 2023.
Curriculum Vitae: CV
Email: minki.kim@uni-mannheim.de
Department of Economics
University of Mannheim
L7, 3-5 Room P.09, 68161
Mannheim, Germany
Working Papers
Debt, Human Capital Accumulation, and the Allocation of Talent (New draft!)
with Titan Alon and Natalie Cox
Land Reform, Human Capital Accumulation, and Structural Transformation
with Munseob Lee
How Will a New Malaria Vaccine Shape Africa's Economic Future? A Macroeconomic Analysis (updated draft coming soon)
STEG small research grant on "Quantifying the Gains from Eradicating Malaria using a Structural Model" [STEG WP 090]
Publications
The U.S. Structural Transformation and Regional Convergence: Racial Heterogeneity
with Munseob Lee, accepted at Journal of Applied Econometrics [IZA Discussion Paper]
Macroeconomic Effects of COVID-19 Across the World Income Distribution
with Titan Alon, David Lagakos, and Mitchell VanVuren, IMF Economic Review, 2023
Policy Articles & Other Publications
How Should Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Differ in the Developing World?
with Titan Alon, David Lagakos, and Mitchell VanVuren, NBER Working Paper No.27273, Press Coverage: [ProMarket] [VoxEU] [IGC Policy Brief]
Real-Time Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Ghana
with James Dzansi, David Lagakos, and Henry Telli, IGC Policy Brief (2021)
Protecting Lives and Livelihoods During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Shielding the Elderly Populations
with Titan Alon, James Dzansi, David Lagakos, Henry Telli, and Mitchell VanVuren, IGC Policy Brief (2020)
An Empirical Analysis on the Effects of Mobile Terminal Distribution Act in Korea
with Kyoung Hoon Lee, Korean Journal of Industrial Organization (2015); pre-doctoral publication, written in Korean
Teaching
MSc Development Economics (Fall 2023, Spring 2025)
PhD Macroeconomics of Development (Spring 2024, Spring 2025)