Fields of Interests
Development Economics, Labor, Economics of Education, and Health Economics
Working Papers (All drafts are available upon request)
Vaccine Take-Up and Trust in Government (with Julie Kim)
Effects of Teacher Gender on Student Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes: Evidence from Middle School Students in South Korea (with Julie Kim)
“Impacts of In-Person School Days on Student Outcomes and Inequality: Evidence from Korean High Schools during the Pandemic” (with Hyuncheol Bryant Kim and Hee-Seung Yang) In the news: 중앙일보, 한겨례, 매일경제, 경향신문, 세계일보
Does the difference in caregiver types explain the gender gap in long-term care institution use? Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance in Korea (with Hye Yoon Chung)
Gender Heterogeneity in Peer Effects on Work: Evidence from Multi-dimensional Social Networks in Rural India (with Hee-Seung Yang and Jun Sung Kim) [PDF]
Can STEM Learning Opportunities Reshape Gender Attitudes for Girls?: Field Evidence from Tanzania (with So Yoon Ahn and Semee Yoon) [HCEO Working Paper] R&R, Economic Inquiry
Distributive Implications of Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Kanti Nuzhat, Hee-Seung Yang and Haishan Yuan) [PDF] [Appendix] R&R, Economic Development and Cultural Change
The Intergenerational Effects of Human Capital on Children's Education and Work Outcomes: Evidence from Malawi (with Hyelim Son and Minji Kwak) R&R, Journal of Comparative Economics
Publications (Peer Reviewed Journal Articles)
Early-life Exposure to Cold Shocks and Child Growth: Evidence from Tanzania (with Josephat Hongoli) Accepted, Health Economics
Explaining Variations in Long-term Care Use and Expenditures under the Public Long-Term Care Insurance Systems in Japan and Korea (with Hongsoo Kim, Nan-he Yoon, and Hideki Hashimoto) Accepted at International Journal of Health Policy and Management
The Motherhood Effect on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from South Korea (with Anna Kim) Asian‐Pacific Economic Literature, 36(2), (2022), pp.71-88. This paper is an updated version of KLI Working Paper (2021), which documents the child penalty in South Korea.
Industry Variations in Health Plans and Dynamic Employment Substitution (with Hee-Seung Yang and Myungkyu Shim), Journal of Labor Research, 42 (2021): 449-467. [PDF]
Endowment Effects in Proposal Right Contests (with Chulyoung Kim and Sang-Hyun Kim) [PDF], Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, accepted
Does education play a role in explaining the rural-urban wealth gap? Evidence from Tanzania (with Gabriel K. Mafie and Hee-Seung Yang), Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 2021 Dec 1;62(2):162-77.
Work transitions, gender, and subjective well-being (with Hye Yoon Chung) Applied Research in Quality of Life 2021 Oct;16(5):2085-109 [Online]
Household Inequality and Risk Sharing in Australia. (with Stephen Matteo Miller and Hee-Seung Yang) Global Economic Review 50.2 (2021): 169-191. [Online]
Determinants of the long-term care expenditures and institutional care utilization (with Hye Yoon Chung) The Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 27, no. 2 (2021): 73-94 (in Korean)
Friendship and Female Education: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladeshi Primary Schools. (with Asadul Islam, Eleonora Patacchini, and Yves Zenou) The Economic Journal 130, no. 627 (2020): 740-764. [PDF] [Online]
The Long-Term Labor Market Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty at the Time of Graduation (with Hye Yoon Chung and Seung Phil Lim) The Korean Journal of Economics, 26, no.2 (2019): 219-244
The Effectiveness of Single-sex Schools through Out-of- School Activities: Evidence from South Korea. (with Liang Choon Wang), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 81, no. 2 (2019): 369-393. [Online]
Does greater school autonomy make a difference? Evidence from a randomized natural experiment in South Korea (with Liang Choon Wang, and Hee-Seung Yang) Journal of Public Economics 161: 15-30 (2018). [Online]
- mentioned in Marginal Revolution; Development Impact
Exploring the Impact of Opioid Use on the Costs of Recovery Following Orthopaedic Road Trauma (with Gemma Tiernan and Janneke Berecki-Gisolf), Accident Analysis and Prevention 117: 32-39 (2018) [Online]
The effect of female education on marital matches and child health in Bangladesh. (with Kanti Nuzhat, and Hee-Seung Yang) Journal of Population Economics 31, no. 3 (2018): 915-936. [PDF] [Online]
Education, Marriage and Fertility: Long-term Evidence from a Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh, (with Asadul Islam, Kanti Nuzhat, Russell Smyth, and Hee-Seung Yang) Economic Development and Cultural Change 66, no. 2 (January 2018): 383-415 [Online]
Can testing improve student learning? An evaluation of the mathematics diagnostic testing project. (with Julian Betts and Andrew C. Zau) Journal of Urban Economics 100 (2017): 54-64. [Online]
Do Work Decisions among Young Adults Respond to Extended Dependent Coverage? (with Hee-Seung Yang) Industrial and Labor Relations Review (ILR Review), 69(3): 737-771 (2016). [Online]
The Effect of Pre-existing Health Conditions on the Cost of Recovery from Road Traffic Injury: Insights from Data Linkage of Medicare and Compensable Injury Claims in Victoria, Australia” (with Behrooz Hassani-Mahmooei, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, and Roderick J. McClure) BMC Health Services Research, 2016, 16:162. [Online]
The Effect of Medicaid Physician Fees on Take-up of Public Health Insurance among Children in Poverty Journal of Health Economics 32(2):452-462 (2013) [Online]
- Awarded Australasian Health Economics Society Research Prize
Other publication (Peer reviewed)
Does Diagnostic Math Testing Improve Student Learning? (with Julian Betts and Andrew C. Zau) San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California (2011).
- In the news: The San Diego Union Tribune, KPBS Public Radio (San Diego)
(Selected) Work in Progress
Effects of Fine Dust on Subjective Well-being of Adolescents: Evidence from South Korea (with Hazel Hye Seung Kang and Yongmi Kim)
School Principal Accountability and Student Achievements: Evidence from Open Recruitment System of Principals in Korea (with Yongmi Kim)
Teams, Organization and Education Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladesh (with Asadul Islam, Eleonora Patacchini and Yves Zenou)
Preschool attendance, test scores and school outcomes: Evidence from Tanzania (with Josephat Hongoli)