Siha Lee

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 I use both design-based and structural methods to answer my research questions.

Before joining HUFS, I was an Assistant Professor of Economics at McMaster University. I received my BA in Economics from Seoul National University and my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Publications

• "Fertility Incentives in Canada: Period and Cohort Perspectives"  (with Sitian Liu)
  Previously  circulated as "Fertility Incentives in Canada: A Cohort Analysis"
  Canadian Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
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• "Breadwinning, Social Security, and Retirement Patterns among Couples" (with Zhixiu Yu),
  AEA Papers and Proceedings, 115, 695-699, 2025.
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• "Spousal Labor Supply, Caregiving, and the Value of Disability Insurance,"
  International Economic Review, 65(4), 1681-1716, 2024.
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• "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]

Current Projects

• "Women at the Helm? Earnings Power and Retirement Decisions in Married Couples" (with Zhixiu Yu)
  [Working Paper (Preliminary)]
  
  

• "Gender Differences in the Impact of Disability on Divorce Among Older Couples"
  Draft available upon request
  
  

• "Disability and Labor Market Transitions" (with Serena Rhee)
  
  

Dormant Projects

• "Understanding Self-Employment Dynamics Among Older Workers"