I am an Impact Evaluation Officer/Postdoctoral Fellow in the Development Impact (DIME) Department at the World Bank Group. My research interests focus on Labor Economics, Urban and Rural Infrastructure, Health, and Policy Evaluation, primarily in developing economies, but also in advanced economies. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Schar School at George Mason University and a Master of Development Policy from the Korea Development Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management. 

Selected Working Papers (Draft available upon request)

1) Understanding the Transitional Costs of Coal Workers: Evidence from South Africa. (with Erhan Artuç, Austin Castellanos, Aidan Coville, Yunsun Park, and Hee Kwon (Samuel) Seo).

2) Unintended Pathways: The Impact of High-Speed Rail on Gender Differences in the Local Labor Market: Evidence from South Korea. (with Eunjee Kwon).

3) On the Wage Returns to Non-Cognitive Skills: A Meta Analysis. (with Diego Angel-Urdinola, Maurice Kugler, Angelo Santos, and Olzhas Zhorayev).

Journal Publications

1) Using the Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) to Characterize Kidney Trafficking in Kalai Upazila, Bangladesh, BMJ Global Health 8(11): e012774, 2023. (with Li, Meng-hao, Yang Yu, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Md. Reazul Haque, Md Lutfay Tariq Rahman, Manzur Ahmad, Hadi El-Amine, and Naoru Koizumi).

Research Sponsored by: Korea Development Institute (KDI) School, National Science Foundation (NSF).

2) MAP-21 to FAST Act: Did the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program Better Support High-Risk Transportation Infrastructure Projects?, Transportation Research Record 2675(10): 481-490, 2021. (with Jonathan Gifford).

Research Sponsored by: United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).