Siha Lee
Assistant Professor of Economics
McMaster University
lees223 [at] mcmaster [dot] ca
Curriculum Vitae (CV): PDF
Welcome! My name is Siha (pronounced as "see-ha") and I work in the areas of labor and public economics. I'm particularly interested in topics related to aging and family economics and use both design-based and structural methods to answer my research questions.
I received my BA in Economics from Seoul National University and my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Publications
"Spousal Labor Supply, Caregiving, and the Value of Disability Insurance,"
International Economic Review, forthcoming.
[Working Paper] / [SSRN]"csa2sls: A complete subset approach for many instruments using Stata" (with Seojeong Lee, Julius Owusu, and Youngki Shin),
The Stata Journal, 23(4), 932-941, 2023.
[Journal (Open Access)] / [Working Paper]"Bequest Motives and the Social Security Notch" (with Kegon T. K. Tan),
Review of Economic Dynamics, 51, 888-914, 2023.
[Journal] / [Working Paper]
Working Papers
"Fertility Incentives in Canada: A Life-cycle Perspective"Â (with Sitian Liu)
Draft available upon request"Gender Differences in the Impact of Disability on Divorce Among Older Couples"
Draft available upon request
Works in Progress
"Disability and Labor Market Transitions" (with Serena Rhee)
"Marital Sorting, Social Security Benefits, and Retirement Behaviors of Married Women" (with Zhixiu Yu)
Dormant Projects
"Understanding Self-Employment Dynamics Among Older Workers"