Fields of Interests
Economics of Education, Health Economics, Development Economics, and Labor Economics
Fields of Interests
Economics of Education, Health Economics, Development Economics, and Labor Economics
Working Papers (All drafts are available upon request)
Effects of Fine Dust on Subjective Well-being of Adolescents: Evidence from South Korea (with Hazel Hye Seung Kang and Yongmi Kim)
Effects of Teacher Gender on Student Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes: Evidence from Middle School Students in South Korea (with Julie Kim)
The Value of In-person Schooling during Times of Educational Disruption: Impacts on Students' Emotional Problems and Subjective Well-Being (with Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Minjeong Joyce Kim, and Hee-Seung Yang)
“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]
Does long-term care subsidy decrease healthcare utilization and expenditures? Evidence from the long-term care insurance in Korea (with GaYoung Park) R&R, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Publications (Peer Reviewed Journal Articles)
Early Sparks: Impacts of a STEM Bootcamp on Young Adolescents in Tanzania (with So Yoon Ahn and Semee Yoon) [HCEO Working Paper] forthcoming, Economic Inquiry
Distributive Implications of Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Kanti Nuzhat, Hee-Seung Yang and Haishan Yuan) [PDF] [Appendix] forthcoming, 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), Journal of Comparative Economics 53, no. 2 (2025): 345-372.
Trends and Determinants of the Gender Wage Gap by Type of Compensation. (with Anna Kim and Hee-Seung Yang) The Journal of Women and Economics 22, no. 1 (2025): 1–37 (in Korean).
Parenting Styles and Long-term Impact on Human Capital Accumulation and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from South Korea. (with Yongmi Kim and WooRam Park) The Journal of Women and Economics 21, no. 4 (2025): 37-62.
Early-life Exposure to Cold Shocks and Child Growth: Evidence from Tanzania (with Josephat Hongoli), Health Economics, 32(12), pp.2855-2879 (2023)
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) International Journal of Health Policy and Management 12 (2022): 6640.
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
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
Publications in Korean Journals (Peer Reviewed Journal Articles)
김안나, 양희승, and 한유진. "급여형태별 성별 임금격차의 추세와 요인 분석." 여성경제연구 22, no. 1 (2025): 1-37.
Hahn, Youjin, Yongmi Kim, and WooRam Park. "Parenting Styles and Long-term Impact on Human Capital Accumulation and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from South Korea." 여성경제연구 21, no. 4 (2025): 37-62.
정혜윤, 한유진. 노인장기요양보험의 지출과 장기요양시설 이용에 대한 결정요인 분석. 보건경제와 정책연구 (구 보건경제연구). 2021;27(2):73-94.
Chung, Hye Yoon, Youjin Hahn, and Seung Phil Lim. "The Long-Term Labor Market Effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty at the Time of Graduation." The Korean Journal of Economics Vol 26, no. 2 (2019).
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
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)
Vaccine Take-Up and Trust in Government (with Julie Kim)