Changsu Ko

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

Inha University

Tel: +82-32-860-7783

E-mail: csko [a.t.] inha.ac.kr

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 2019.

- Internal Advisors: Moshe Buchinsky (Chair), Maurizio Mazzocco, Edward Kung

M.A. in Economics, Yonsei University, 2013.

B.A. in Economics, and B.S. in Mathematics, Yonsei University, 2011.

Employment

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Inha University, 2025. 3. - Current

(Past)

Fellow, Korea Institute of Public Finance, 2025. 1. - 2025. 2.

Associate Fellow, Korea Institute of Public Finance, 2019. 8. - 2024. 12.

Publications

- "Neighborhood Effects of Buy-to-Rent and Build-To Rent Public Housing" (with Heepyung Cho and Jinsoo Bae), Contemporary Economic Policy, Forthcoming.

- "The Importance of Ordinal Rank Among Peers: Focusing on Height and Income" (with Don Eun), Bulletin of Economic Research, Forthcoming.

- "Local employment multiplier: Evidence from relocation of public-sector entities in South Korea" (with Hwanoong Lee and Wookun Kim), Labour Economics, Vol. 88, 102515, 2024.

- "The Effect of Spousal Loss on the Cognitive Ability of the Elder" (with Hwanoong Lee), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2022.

(in Korean)

- "신중년 사회공헌활동 지원사업의 고용효과 분석" , 재정정책논집, 25권 4호, 59-93, 2023.

Selected Working Papers

- "Designated Market Makers are Even Better than You Think" (with DongIk Kang and Jongsang Park), Submitted.

- "Welfare Expenditure Growth and its Impact on Elderly Suicide Rates" (with Hwanoong Lee), Revision Requested, Health Economics.