Nary Hong
I am a BK21 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at Seoul National University.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney.
My research areas are Health/Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics. Currently, my research focuses on studying the welfare effects of health policies and tax and transfer programs. I have experience in using large administrative data as well as detailed survey data.
Working Papers
1. Who receives Government Benefits? The Effect of Reading and Writing Assistance on Receipt of Disability Support Pension
2. Disability and Occupational Choice in Australia
Abstract: I investigate the choice of relative occupational groups between disabled and non-disabled workers with a multinomial logit model, using five waves of ABS SDAC cross sectional data covering 19 years, from 1993 to 2012. I find that for men, the average marginal effects are relatively stable in magnitude over time, indicating that being disabled is positively associated with being a labourer and being in sales while negatively associated with being a manager or a technician. The largest effects tend to be for labourers (2 to 6 percentage points) and for managers (-2 to -6 percentage points). For women, the magnitude of the effects tend to be smaller although the signs are broadly like those for men. The only statistically significant effects for women appear for labourers where being disabled is positively associated with estimates in the range 1 to 3 percentage points.
3. The Effects of Disability Standards for Education on Educational Outcome
Abstract: The Disability Standards for Education was implemented in 2005 to improve the educational experience of the disabled in terms of enrolment, participation and achievement at educational institutions throughout Australia. The goal of this paper is to see whether the implementation of the Disability Standards for Education in 2005 has resulted in improvement in educational outcomes for disabled students. I use a difference-in-differences (DD) method, using three waves of the data (2003 as pre-policy, 2009 and 2015 as post-policy). While there is no significant effect in school enrolment, a significant negative effect is observed for enrolment and completion of bachelor or above degrees relative to Year 11 or below. Overall, I find no significant effect of the policy on educational outcomes and that any observed increase in enrolment or completion is due to a general increase over time.
4. Decomposing Wage Differential between the Disabled and the Non-Disabled in Australia
Abstract: This paper investigates the wage differential observed between disabled and non-disabled Australians. Using the Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers data from 2012 and 2015, I estimate potential discrimination effects by applying the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to selectivity-corrected wage equations. I find a significant negative effect of mental health on employment and earnings for the disabled population. I also find that the proportion of the wage gap between disabled and non-disabled workers that is not explained by productivity-related characteristics is very large. This may have implications for the role of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in reducing the wage gap between the disabled and the non-disabled.
Work in Progress
1. The Heterogeneous Elasticity of Taxable Income with Respect to Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from Australian Tax Records
with Tong Li (Vanderbilt University) and Tatsushi Oka (Monash University)