Current positions:

• 09.2024 – present, Professor of Economics, Konkuk University 

• 04.2017 – present, Research Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO) 

Earlier positions (selected):

• 03.2020 – 08.2024, Associate Professor of Economics, Konkuk University 

• 09.2014 – 02.2020, Assistant Professor of Economics, Hanyang University ERICA Campus

• 10.2013 – 08.2014, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Information Society Development Institute

•  08.2008 – 07.2013, Research Fellow, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (formerly CEPS/INSTEAD)

Education:

•  University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

                  Ph.D., Economics, August 2008

                  M.A., Economics, May 2005

•  Hanyang University, Seoul

                       B.A., Economics, February 2000

Research Interests: 

Labor Economics; Applied Microeconomics

Select Research Papers:

• Choe, C., S. Jung and R. Oaxaca. (2020) "Identification and Decompositions in Probit and Logit Models". Empirical Economics. Vol 59:1479-1492. 

• Choe, C. and Van Kerm P. (2018) "Foreign Workers and the Wage Distribution: What Does the Influence Function Reveal?". Econometrics. Vol 6(3):41.

• Renna, F., R. Oaxaca and C. Choe. (October 2018) "Constrained vs Unconstrained Labor Supply: The Economics of Dual Job Holding". Journal of Population Economics. Vol 31: 1279-1319. 

• Jung, S., R. Oaxaca and C. Choe. (June 2018) "Gender Wage Gaps and Risky vs. Secure Employment: An Experimental Analysis". Labour Economics. Vol 54: 112-121.

• Van Kerm P., S. Yu and C. Choe. (August 2016) "Decomposing Quantile Wage Gaps: A Conditional Likelihood Approach". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). Vol 65(4): 507–527.

• Choe, C., A. Flores-Lagunes, and S. Lee. (2015) "Do Dropouts with Longer Training Exposure Benefit from Training Programs? Korean Evidence Employing Methods for Continuous Treatment". Empirical Economics. Vol 48(2): 849-888. 

• Baldwin, M., and C. Choe. (2014) "Wage Discrimination against Workers with Sensory Disabilities". Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society. Vol 53(1): 101-124.

Awards:

• KU Research Award 2023

• Outstanding New Faculty Award 2020

• Outstanding Faculty Award 2019 

• HYU Research Award 2018

•  University Best Teacher Award 2017

Referee service:

•  International journals -  Journal of Population Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Journal of Economic Inequality, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Asian Economic Journal, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Empirical Economics, Industrial Relations, Applied Economics, Economia Politica, Portuguese Economic Journal, Korean Economic Review, Economic Papers, Industrial and Labor Relation Review, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Urban Studies, Contemporary Economic Policy, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of Applied Economics, International Journal of Manpower

•  Domestic journals - KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 장애와고용, 보건사회연구, BOK 경제연구, 중소기업연구, 지역개발연구, 한국혁신학회지, Journal of Economic Research, 경제연구, 고용직업능력개발연구, 한국사회정책, 응용경제, 노동경제논집, 재정학연구, 노동정책연구, 한국경제연구, 산업연구