Nikolas Tromp, Ph.D
Nikolas Tromp, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at Keimyung University, South Korea. My research interests lie in labor economics and international economics.
Research
Earnings Satisfaction in South Korea (2026), Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (SSCI), with Yu Woosik
The Impact of Korean Manufacturing Exports on Service-Sector Employment: Evidence from an Input-Output and Structural Decomposition Analysis (Korean) (2026), Asia Pacific Journal of Business (KCI), with Kim Tae-Jin
Are Observed Gender Wage Gaps Too Small? The Impact of Sample Selection Bias in South Korea (2026), Japan and the World Economy (SSCI), with Jeremiah Richey
Labor market inequality in overall monetary and non-monetary rewards in South Korea (2025), East Asian Economic Review (KCI), with Kim Tae-Jin
Understanding the carbon intensity of South Korea's exports: A multiplicative structural decomposition analysis (2024), Climate Change Economics (SSCI), with Kim Tae-Jin
The environmental and economic impact of trade between South Korea and the United States (2024), East Asian Economic Review (KCI), with Kim Tae-Jin
The Economic Impact of the Logistics Industry in South Korea: Based on an Input-Output Approach (2022), LOGI - Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics (SCOPUS), with Kim Tae-Jin
Graduating to a gender wage gap in South Korea (2022), Journal of Asian Economics (SSCI), with Kwak Juwon
The Black-White wage gaps among young men and women in 1990 versus 2011: With sample selection adjustments (2021), Bulletin of Economic Research (SSCI), with Jeremiah Richey
Analysis of carbon emissions embodied in South Korea’s international trade: Production-based and consumption-based perspectives (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production (SSCI), with Kim Tae-Jin
Carbon emissions embodied in China-Brazil trade: Trends and driving factors (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production (SSCI), with Kim Tae-Jin
The narrowing gender wage gap in South Korea (2019), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (SSCI)
Working Papers
Work hours, gender role attitudes and the wellbeing of married couples in South Korea, Submitted (SCOPUS), with Kim Tae-Jin
Effects of the EU's Environmental Taxes on Public and Private Transport, RnR (SSCI), with Yize Li, Yi Wang, and Yu Woosik
A comparative analysis of gender earnings gaps in self-employment vs. paid employment in South Korea, Submitted (SSCI), with Yu Woosik
Japan as a Regional Knowledge and Capability Hub: Productivity Effects of Korean Firms' Outward FDI, Submitted (SSCI), With Yu Woosik and Jungeun Elly Kim
Investment Destination Matters: An Analysis of Offshoring and Domestic Employment, Submitted (SSCI), With Yu Woosik
Courses Taught
Principles of Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
English for Economics
Labor Economics
International Trade Theory
Introduction to Financial Economics
Introduction to Economic Data
Employment
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, 2019-Present
Lecturer, School of Economics and Trade, 2018
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, 2018
M.A. in International Economics, 2013
* Recipient of the KNU Honors Scholarship, 2014
* Recipient of the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), 2009
Korean Language Program, 2010
Victoria University of Wellington
BCA, Double Major in Economics and Finance, 2009
*Recipient of the NZ Undergraduate Abroad Award, 2007
Exchange Student, 2007
*Recipient of the Korea University Merit Scholarship, 2007
Contact me
E-mail: nikolas.tromp [at] gmail.com or nikolas [at] kmu.ac.kr