Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of Maryland, May 2023 (expected)
M.A. Economics, University of Maryland, 2019
M.A. Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2017
B.A. Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2015
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Macroeconomics, Firm Dynamics
Economic Growth, Innovation, Labor, Entrepreneurship
WORKING PAPERS
“Workers' Job Prospects and Young Firm Dynamics” (Job Market Paper)
“Competition, Firm Innovation, and Growth under Imperfect Technology Spillovers”, with Karam Jo
“Improving Patent Assignee-Firm Bridge with Web Search Results”, with Karam Jo and Yuheng Ding
“Increasing Knowledge Complexity and Business Dynamism”, with Serguey Braguinsky, Joonkyu Choi, Yuheng Ding, and Karam Jo
“Product Switching and Young Firm Dynamics over the Business Cycle”, with Karam Jo
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Cyclical Dynamics of Young Firms through the lens of Worker Beliefs and Job Prospects"
"Decomposing Real Sales: How Official Statistics Can and Do Falter", with John Haltiwanger, David Johnson, and Michael A. Navarrete
“Geographic Heterogeneity in Demand, Price, and Real Income Inequality”, with Michael A. Navarrete
PUBLICATION
“Sectoral Heterogeneity in Nominal Rigidities in Korea: Implications for Monetary Policy”, with Jae Won Lee,
Korean Economic Review Volume 36, Number 1, Winter 2020, 59-99. [Journal Page] (Predoctoral Research)
RESEARCH AND RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Dissertation Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2022
PhD Fellow, Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation, 2021 - Present
Special Sworn Status (SSS) Researcher, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 - Present
Research Assistant, Prof. John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, 2020 - Present
Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp, NBER, 2020
PhD Intern, Fund Internship Program, International Monetary Fund, 2020
Research Associate, The Bank of Korea Economic Research Institute, 2017
Research Assistant, Prof. Jae Won Lee, Seoul National University, 2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Principles of Macroeconomics (undergrad), University of Maryland, Summer 2019-20, Winter 2020
Instructor, Macro Comprehensive Exam Session (Ph.D. core), University of Maryland, Summer 2019-20
Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Analysis II (Ph.D. core), University of Maryland, Spring 2019-20
Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomic Analysis I (Ph.D. core), University of Maryland, Fall 2018-19
Teaching Assistant, Money and Banking (undergrad), University of Maryland, Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Macroeconomics (undergrad), University of Maryland, Fall 2017
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Best Job Market Paper, Korea-America Economic Association, 2022
Best Paper in Entrepreneurial Cognition, Finalist, Academy of Management and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2022
American Economic Association Summer Dissertation Fellowship, 2022
BSOS Dean’s Research Initiative Doctoral Dissertation Award, University of Maryland, 2022
Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland, 2022
Royal Economic Society Conference Award, 2021
International Conference Student Support Award, University of Maryland, 2021
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Assistance Funds, 2020 - Present
Hayak Fund for Scholars, Institute for Human Studies, 2020
BSOS Dean’s Research Initiative Travel Grant, University of Maryland, 2020
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, University of Maryland, 2017 - Present
National Research Fellowship for Humanities, Korea Student Aid Foundation, 2016
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, Seoul National University, 2015-16
Brain Korea 21+ Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2015-16
Merit-based Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2012-14
Superior Academic Performance Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2010
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS (* scheduled, † co-author presented, § virtual)
2022: MEA Annual Meeting (Minneapolis), U.S. Census CES Seminar†§, North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society 2022 (Miami), Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2022§, RES Symposium of Junior Researchers 2022§, WEAI Annual Conference§, Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2022§, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Seattle, invited as the Best Paper Award finalist), Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Young Economist Symposium 2022 (Yale), U.S. Census CES Seminar§, 2022 FSRDC Annual Research Conference (Kansas City Fed)†, Korean Econometric Society 2022 Fall Conference (SNU)†, Economics Graduate Student Conference 2022 (WUSTL), KAEA Job Market Conference§, Midwest Macro Fall 2022 Meeting (SMU), SEA Annual Meeting (Fort Lauderdale), Minneapolis Fed Junior Scholar Confernece, IMF*, Korea International Economic Association 2022 Winter Conference (SNU)†*
2021: WEAI Virtual International Conference†§, RES 2021 Annual Meeting§, WEAI Annual Conference§, Economics Graduate Student Conference 2021 (WUSTL), Sejong University†, European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society 2021§
SERVICES
Co-organizer of the Student-led Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation (SEFI)
COMPUTATION SKILLS
Eviews, Fortran, MATLAB, SAS, Stata, R
LANGUAGES
Korean (native), English (fluent), Chinese, French (basic)