Kihong PARK, Ph.D.

I am a Professor of Economics at Chungbuk National University (CBNU), South Korea. I received my Ph.D. from the department of economics at the University of Arizona, U.S.A. in 2011, was a faculty member at Korea Army Academy at Yeong-cheon (KAAY) from 2005-2021. My research interests are labor economics and applied microeconomics, particularly for economics of education, labor market impact of job mismatch (incl. skill/educational mismatch), gender differences in labor market outcomes, and the economic status of minorities (incl. people with disabilities). Recent publications include "The Over-education wage penalty across the wage distribution: A case study of STEM PhD holders in South Korea (Forthcoming)", "Glass ceiling or sticky floor? Evidence from a distributional approach of the gender wage gap among PhD holders in South Korea (2023)", "Determinants of job satisfaction among doctorate holders: Focusing on the relationship between over-education and job satisfaction in South Korea (2022)", "Doctoral education, job mismatch, and wage consequences in South Korea: A propensity score matching approach (2022)", "Qualification, job mismatch, and workers with disabilities" (2021) and "Education-job mismatch and gender wage gap: Evidence from recent college graduates in Korea" (2021).