Chung Choe
Department of Economics, Konkuk University
#627 Sanghuh Research Bldg, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Korea
Phone: ++82-2-450-3624
Fax: ++82-31-400-5591
choechung [at] gmail [dot] com
Department of Economics, Konkuk University
#627 Sanghuh Research Bldg, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Korea
Phone: ++82-2-450-3624
Fax: ++82-31-400-5591
choechung [at] gmail [dot] com
Current positions:
03.2025 – 02.2026, Visiting Scholar, Korea Labor Institute
09.2024 – present, Professor of Economics, Konkuk University (sabbatical leave)
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
Recent Research Papers:
Inyoung Hwang, Youngseok Park & Chung Choe (forthcoming) Analysis of the Matching Effectiveness of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Evidence from South Korea, International Labour Review.
Choe, C., Y. B. Kim, and K. Choi*. (forthcoming) Do Internships Matter?: The Impact of Internship Participation on Employability. Singapore Economic Review.
Renna, Francesco, Oaxaca, Ronald L. and Choe, Chung. Is There a Business Cycle Effect on the Incidence of Dual Job Holding? The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, vol. 23, no. 2, 2023, pp. 443-465.
Choi, K.*, Choe, C. & Kim, Y.B. (2023) Impact of Korea's Non-regular Worker Protection Act on Job Satisfaction. LABOUR, 37( 2), 222– 241.
Hwang, S., C. Choe and K. Choi*. (2021) Population Ageing and Income Inequality. Journal of the Economics of Ageing. Vol 20: 100345.
Chung Choe, Sung Hoon Kang & Koangsung Choi* (2021) Effects of wage-peak system on youth employment: Evidence from South Korea, Applied Economics, 53:43, 4975-4984.
Choe, C., Jung, S. & Oaxaca, R.L. Identification and decompositions in probit and logit models. Empirical Economics. 59, 1479–1492 (2020).
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