Changsu Ko

Associate Fellow, 

Korea Institute of Public Finance, Sejong, KR

Email: csko at kipf.re.kr

Phone: +82-44-414-2370

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, including  Public, Urban, Labor, and Economics of Education

Employment

Associate Fellow, Korea Institute of Public Finance, 2019 - Current

Education

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

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

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

Publications

“Local Employment Multiplier: Evidence from Relocation of Public-Sector Entities in South Korea” (with Wookun Kim and Hwanoong Lee),  Labour Economics,  Vol. 88, June 2024, 102515.

“The Effect of Spousal Loss on the Cognitive Ability of the Elder" (with Hwanoong Lee), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 22(3), 2022

(in Korean)

"신중년 사회공헌활동 지원사업의 고용효과 분석", 재정정책논집, 25권 4호: 59-94, 2023

Selected Working Papers

“Designated Market Makers are Even Better than You Think" (with DongIk Kang and Jongsang Park)

“The Importance of Ordinal Rank Among Peers: Focusing on Height and Income” (with Don Eun) 

“Neighborhood Effects of Buy-to-Rent and Build-to Rent Public Housing" (with Heepyung Cho and Jinsoo Bae)

"Expansion of Cash Transfer for the Elder and Elderly Suicide Rates" (with Hwanoong Lee), Draft and Slides available upon request  

Works in Progress

"Expansion of Basic Pension and Mortality" (with Hwanoong Lee)

"Expansion of Welfare Budget for the Elder and Local Labor Market" (with Hwanoong Lee)

"Public Rental Housing and School Districts" (with Hwanoong Lee)

"The Fiscal Consequences of Campus Closing"

"Parental Risk Attitudes and Private Tutoring"

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