Education:

• Mar. 2011 - Aug. 2015        Ph.D. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (Advisor: Keunkwan Ryu)

• Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2011         M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (Advisor: Keunkwan Ryu)

• Mar. 2001 - Feb. 2009         B.S. in Statistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Awards and Honors:

• 2012    Scholarship for Next Generation of Researchers in Basic Fields, Seoul National University

• 2010    Dongbu Culture Foundation Scholarship

Research Experiences:

• Mar. 2023 - Feb. 2025   Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hannam University, South Korea

• Sep. 2022 - Aug. 2023   Visiting Researcher, Statistics Research Institute, Statistics Korea, South Korea

• Mar. 2017 - Feb. 2023   Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Hannam University, South Korea

• Oct. 2015 - Feb. 2017    Senior Researcher, Retirement Research Institute, Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd., South Korea

• Jun. 2013 - May. 2014    RA (Topic: Developing an Online Course on Economic Statistics), Seoul National University, South Korea

• Sep. 2012 - Feb. 2013    RA (Topic: Education and the Future of Korean Society), Seoul National University, South Korea

Teaching Experiences:

• Mar. 2023 - Feb. 2025   Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hannam University, South Korea

• Mar. 2017 - Feb. 2023    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Hannam University, South Korea

• Mar. 2013 - Jun. 2014     Lecturer, Department of Economics, Sookmyung Women's University, South Korea

• Dec. 2011 - Jan. 2012      Lecturer, Department of Economics, Myongji University, South Korea

• Mar. 2011 - Dec. 2014    TA (Statistics for Economics, Econometrics), Department of Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea

• Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2010    TA (Principles of Economics), Department of Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea

Professionally-related Services:

Service to professional associations

• Department Chair, Department of Economics, Hannam University, Daejeon, South Korea(Mar.2019-Aug.2021)

• (To be updated)

Community outreach

• (To be updated)

Research Interests:

Applied Econometrics

• Causal Inference (I.V., R.D., D-in-D, P.S.M.)

• Cross-section & Panel data analysis

• Bayesian analysis

• Social network analysis

• Text analysis

• Machine Learning

Public Economics

• Value of life / Income Inequality / Inter-generational Income Mobility

• Birth Encouragement Policy / Education Policy / Social Security / Redistribution policy

Labor Economics

• Education and human capital

• Labor mobility

• Retirement

Applied Microeconomics / Behavioral Economics

• Search strategy and pricing / Used market / Sharing economy

• Stakeholder capitalism / Corporate Social Responsibility

• Marketing / Business strategy