Research
Research
Aid Modality and Growth under Post-Conflict Conditions, Yoonsun Hur and Baran Han. Review of World Economics, 2023.
Political Ideology of Nonprofit Organizations, Baran Han, Benjamin Ho and Zizhe Xia. Social Science Quarterly, 2023.
Secondary Sanction Mechanism Revisited: Case of US Sanctions against North Korea, Baran Han. in the Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions (Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, ed.), Edward Elgar. 2021.
Strategic Portfolio Building in Donors’ Multilateral Institutional Choice, Baran Han. East Asian Economic Review. 2021.
Non-profit overhead and efficiency from IRS administrative data, Yujie Feng, Baran Han and Benjamin Ho. Applied Economics Letters, 2020.
When coalition falls apart: a case of solidarity building by two South Korean unions in an era of precarious work, Baran Han. Labor History, 2020.
The role and welfare rationale of secondary sanctions: A theory and a case study of the US sanctions targeting Iran, Baran Han. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2018.
개발NGO의 차별성에 대한 실증문헌 연구 in Korean (Are Development NGOs much Different from Government Donors? A Literature Review), 한바란. 국제지역연구. 2016.
Who Gains from Boycotts? A Welfare Analysis of Consumer Activism, Baran Han. Review of Development Economics. 2013.
국제사회의 대이란 경제제재가 대북 경제제재의 2차제재 도입에 주는 시사점 in Korean 한바란. KDI 북한경제리뷰 2016.
Fear and Favoritism in the Time of Covid-19, with Benjamin Ho, Inbok Rhee, Chrysostomos Tabakis
Abstract: Does fear cause us to “circle the wagons” and favor those in our in-group? Or does fear of the “other” cause us to recognize our common humanity and become more charitable to those we might otherwise consider outsiders? The measurement of this effect is confounded by the fact that some groups respond more strongly to fear than others. We run an online experiment on a nationally representative sample in South Korea in which we induce fear via the autobiographical emotional memory task method and examine the impact on donations to either an in-group charity (the Korean Red Cross) or one that caters to an out-group (the Korea Support Center for Foreign Workers). We find that, while the reported level of fear is negatively correlated with donations to the out-group, the induced fear caused by the experimental intervention is positively correlated with donations to the out-group. We also find that the fear effect depends on political views, media exposure, and social preferences. We confirm our experimental results by looking at how regional attitudes toward out-groups have shifted over time and compare those changes to the average level of reported fear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Places that report the most fear of COVID-19 also have had the greatest increases in prosocial attitudes toward out-groups.
The effects of personal assistance service for the disabled: evidence from South Korea, with Eunkyeong Lee
Abstract: We examine the effectiveness of the national personal assistance service program in Korea for the disabled in reducing the extent of unmet needs for personal assistance. Applying the difference-in-differences method to repeated cross-sectional survey data, we find that the eligibility expansions of the program from 2011 to 2013 significantly reduced the unmet needs for personal assistance. There is no statistically significant evidence that the burden of care of family and friends has decreased; despite the program, these individuals remain the main caregivers.
North Korean Sanctions and the “Rally Around the Flag” Effect: Survey and Analysis, with Inbok Rhee and Chrysostomos Tabakis
Comparison between 2010-2012 Iranian sanctions and 2016-2017 DPRK sanctions. In The impact of sanctions on North Korea and North Korea's Economic Future (PI: S. Lee, KDI 2021, in Korean)
2019 In-depth evaluation of financial projects: plans for efficiency of multilateral development cooperation projects. (PI: J. Jung, Ministry of Strategy and Finance 2019, in Korean)
Economic cooperation since the Arab Spring: an in-depth study of Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Egypt. (Policy Analysis 12-24 KIEP, in Korean)
Labor market in the Middle East: a study of Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Policy Analysis 11-31 KIEP, in Korean)
Economic implications for South Korea of the current transformation in the Middle East (Korea's Economy, 1 (27) 52-58)
Enhancing the effectiveness of South Korea’s multilateral aid (PI: J. Jung, Policy Analysis 10-26 KIEP, in Korean)
Enhancing Korea-Africa development cooperation for environment (PI: Y. Park. Policy Analysis 10-21 KIEP, in Korean)
Employment-oriented green aid: case-studies and implications (Policy References 10-09 KIEP, in Korean)