Research

Working Papers

Can Redrawing Boundaries Save Lives? Evidence from a Reform of the Kidney Allocation System [latest version (2026)] [initial version (2023)] (submitted)  

Best Job Market Paper Award, Korea-America Economic Association 2023
Presentations: 2023 WEAI, 2023 KAEA Job Market Conference, KAAE - DEEP Joint Seminar, 2024 ASHEcon, Yonsei Young Economist Workshop, Econometric Society World Congress, Midwest Health Economics Conference, Southern Economic Association, 2026 ASSA

Quality Labeling, Written Consent Requirements, and the Utilization of Scarce Organs  [latest version (2026)]
      with Jeffrey Clemens
      Presentations: 2025 WEAI, S-SPIRE Center

Journal Articles

Organ Procurement Following the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Performance Evaluations
      with Itai Ashlagi, Marc Melcher, and Kurt Sweat
      JAMA Surgery, 2026;161;(1):97-100.

Dependent Insurance Coverage and Parental Job Lock: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act  [NBER Working Paper]
      with Katherine Meckel and Maggie Shi
      Journal of Public Economics, 2025, 258: 105439.

Economic Evaluation of Remote Monitoring for Implantable Cardiac Devices: Evidence from a Clinical Trial in Korea
      with YouMi Hwang
      ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2024, 697-705.

The Patient Outcomes Associated with the First Remote Monitoring Experience of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in South Korea
      with YouMi Hwang
      Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2023, 18, 1587-1595. 

The First Remote Monitoring Experience in South Korea: Results of a Remote-Care Study
      with YouMi Hwang
      EP Europace, 2023, 25(6).
      Media coverage: 의학신문 [link] 

Changes in Early Labor Market Outcomes of among Young College Graduates in South Korea
      with Jaesung Choi
      The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2020, 688(1), 115–136.

Analysis on the Supply of Private Supplementary Education in Seoul Using Administrative Data on Hagwon
      with Sanggyun Moon & Jaesung Choi
      Survey Research, 2016, 17(3), 81-108. (in Korean)
      Media coverage: Kyunghyang (경향신문) 1 2  

Selected Work in Progress

Performance Monitoring and Certification Threats: Evidence from Organ Transplantation
      with Itai Ashlagi and Kurt Sweat
Presentations: Korea Development Institute, 2025 SEA*, The University of Tokyo*, Notre Dame

The Value of Quantity Transfers: Evidence from the WIC Program
      with Katherine Meckel and Patrick McLaughlin

Talent (Mis)Allocation in Tech Downturns with Xintong Li

Impact of TeleNephrology on Patient Outcomes and Outpatient Clinics  with Todd Wagner

Returns to Mental Health Treatment with Yiqun Chen

The Value of Donated Organs: Evidence from Korea  with Yunji Choi and Youngeun Cho

* : presented by coauthors