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Employment

• Bank of Korea, 2010-Present

Current Position: Team Head/Senior Economist, Economic Research Team, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2025 

• M.A. in Economics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2021 

• B.B.A, Korea University, 2009 

Research Interests

• Macroeconomics, Labor Markets, Firm Dynamics, Heterogeneous Agent Models, Structural Reforms

Working Papers

• "The Macroeconomic Effects of Gig Work: Insurance Against Labor Market Risk"

• "Revisiting Labor Market Policies in the Presence of Fallback Self-employment "

Work in Progress

• "Education, Mobility, and Welfare in a Core-Periphery Economy'', with Yuhan Lee

Publications

• “The Role of Financial Sector in Regional Economic Development.”  Journal of Regional Studies and Development, 23(1), 31–58, 2014, with Joon Mo Yang, J. Lee, and I. Cho