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Education
Ph.D. Economics. University of California at Davis, 2009
M.A. Economics. Seoul National University, Korea, 2004
B.A. Economics. Seoul National University, Korea, 1999
Employment
Chung-Ang University, School of Economics
Professor of Economics, 2022-Present
Associate Professor of Economics, 2015-2022
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2011-2015
Korea Institute of Public Finance
Associate Fellow, 2009-2011
Selected Publications
“The Virtues and Vices of School District Consolidation: Evidence from U.S. Cities, 1880--1912,” Journal of Economic Development, 50 (4): 1-24, 2025.
“Exports to China and Local Employment in Korea,” with Jiyoung Kim, China & World Economy, 30 (2): 197-214, 2022.
“Education,” with Ki-Joo Park, in Myung Soo Cha et al.(eds.), Historical Statistics of Korea, Springer, 167-227, 2022.
“Universal Public Schooling in Colonial Korea and Taiwan,” with Ki-Joo Park, in David Mitch and Gabriele Cappelli (eds.), Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education, Palgrave Macmillan, 101-127, 2019.
“The Effect of Population Aging on Local School Subsidies in Korea,” Korean Economic Review, 31 (1): 121-144, 2015.
“The Uneven Rise of American Public Schools to 1850,” with Peter H. Lindert, Journal of Economic History, 70 (1): 1-26, 2010.