WORKING PAPERS
Lee, H., & Lee, J. W. (2024). Explaining Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement, Working Paper.
Lee, H., & Lee, J. W. (2025). Higher Education Quality, Income and Innovation: Cross-Country Evidence. CAMA Working Papers 2025-41
Lee, J. W., & Song, E. (2025). Women's Education, Employment, and the Cost of Family Formation: A Structural Analysis of Fertility Decline in Korea. CAMA Working Papers 2025-51.
Lee, J. W., Lee, H. & Song, E. (2025).Demography, Artificial Intelligence Innovation, and China's Growth Prospects.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
HUMAN CAPITAL AND EDUCATION
Lee, H., & Lee, J. W. (2024). Educational quality and disparities in income and growth across countries. Journal of Economic Growth, 29(3), 361-389.
Lee, J. W., & Lee, H. (2018). Human capital and income inequality. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 23(4), 554-583.
Lee, J. W., & Lee, H. (2016). Human capital in the long run. Journal of Development Economics, 122, 147-169.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (2015). Education Matters: Global Schooling Gains from the 19th to the 21st Century. Oxford University Press.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (2013). A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010. Journal of Development Economics, 104, 184-198.
Gregorio, J. D., & Lee, J. W. (2002). Education and income inequality: new evidence from cross‐country data. Review of Income and Wealth, 48(3), 395-416.
Lee, J. W., & Barro, R. J. (2001). Schooling quality in a cross–section of countries. Economica, 68(272), 465-488.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (2001). International data on educational attainment: updates and implications. oxford Economic papers, 53(3), 541-563.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (1996). International measures of schooling years and schooling quality. The American Economic Review, 86(2), 218-223.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (1993). International comparisons of educational attainment. Journal of Monetary Economics, 32(3), 363-394.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Lee, J. W., & Song, E. (2025). Demographic change and long-term economic growth path in Asia. Economic Modelling, 147, 107043.
Han, J. S., & Lee, J. W. (2020). Demographic change, human capital, and economic growth in Korea. Japan and the World Economy, 53, 100984.
Lee, J. W. (2017). China's economic growth and convergence. The World Economy, 40(11), 2455-2474.
Borensztein, E., De Gregorio, J., & Lee, J. W. (1998). How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth?. Journal of International Economics, 45(1), 115-135.
Lee, J. W. (1996). Government interventions and productivity growth. Journal of Economic Growth, 1(3), 391-414.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (1994, June). Sources of economic growth. In Carnegie-Rochester conference series on public policy (Vol. 40, pp. 1-46). North-Holland.
Lee, J. W. (1995). Capital goods imports and long-run growth. Journal of Development Economics, 48(1), 91-110.
Lee, J. W. (1993). International trade, distortions, and long-run economic growth. Staff papers, 40(2), 299-328.
MACROECONOMY AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
McKibbin, W. J., Lee, J. W., Liu, W., & Song, C. J. (2018). Modeling the economic impacts of Korean unification. Asian Economic Journal, 32(3), 227-256.
Lee, J. W., & Pyun, J. H. (2016). Does trade integration contribute to peace?. Review of Development Economics, 20(1), 327-344.
Lee, J. W. (2014). Will the renminbi emerge as an international reserve currency?. The World Economy, 37(1), 42-62.
Kim, S., & Lee, J. W. (2008). Demographic changes, saving, and current account: An analysis based on a panel VAR model. Japan and the World Economy, 20(2), 236-256.
Barro, R. J., & Lee, J. W. (2005). IMF programs: Who is chosen and what are the effects?. Journal of Monetary Economics, 52(7), 1245-1269.
Borensztein, E., & Lee, J. W. (2002). Financial crisis and credit crunch in Korea: evidence from firm-level data. Journal of Monetary Economics, 49(4), 853-875.
Lee, J. W., & Swagel, P. (1997). Trade barriers and trade flows across countries and industries. Review of Economics and Statistics, 79(3), 372-382.
DEMOGRAPHY, LABOR AND DEVELOPMENT
Lee, J. W., & Kwak, D. W. (2025). Impact of retirement and re-employment on health of older adults. Review of Economics of the Household, 1-38.
Kwak, D.W .& Lee, JW. (2024). Impact of retirement and re-employment on the life satisfaction of older adults in Korea, Japanese Economic Review, 75, 823–852.
Lee, J. W., Kwak, D. W. & Song, E. (2022). Can older workers stay productive? The role of ICT skills and training. Journal of Asian Economics, 79, 101438.
Lee, J. W., & Wie, D. (2017). Wage structure and gender earnings differentials in China and India. World Development, 97, 313-329.
Lee, J. W., & Wie, D. (2015). Technological change, skill demand, and wage inequality: Evidence from Indonesia. World Development, 67, 238-250.
Lee, J. W., & McKibbin, W. J. (2004). Globalization and disease: The case of SARS. Asian Economic Papers, 3(1), 113-131.