Ha, Taiwon (하태원)

I am Taiwon Ha. Thank you for visiting my web page.

I am a tenure-track assistant professor in Department of Public Administration at Pusan National University in South Korea. 

I completed my PhD from University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. 
Moreover, I have nearly 20 years of professional experiences as a public official in the Korean government (i.e., Ministry of Economy and Finance and Statistics Korea). 

My research interests include household well-being (income and consumption expenditure), public finance, welfare, poverty, and heterogeneous causal effect analysis. 

Contact: taiwon.ha@pusan.ac.kr

Education

University of Exeter, Department of Economics, PhD (영국 엑시터 대학교) 

Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Administration, Master (서울대학교 행정대학원)

Pusan National University, Department of Public Administration, BA (부산대학교 행정학과, 부전공 경제학)

Affiliation

Pusan National University (부산대학교)

UN ESCAP* (UN 아시아태평양경제사회위원회, 기재부 파견)

• * United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Ministry of Economy and Finance (기획재정부)

• Director 재정정책국 재정정책협력과장, 재정정책전략팀장,
  예산실 지방재정팀장, 경제구조개혁국 노동시장정책팀장

• (Senior) Deputy director 경제정책국, 재정혁신국, 대외경제국, 대변인실 사무관/서기관

Statistics Korea (통계청)

• Deputy director 통계정책국, OECD세계포럼준비기획단 사무관

Higher Civil Service Examination (제49회 행정고등고시 재경직 합격)

Research

https://scholar.google.co.kr/citations?user=pnUR_x0AAAAJ&hl=ko&oi=ao

Teaching

Undergraduate (학부): Introduction to Economics 경제학원론, Policy Decision Making based on Big Data 빅데이터기반 정책결정론, Writing Argumentative Paper 행정논술

Graduate (대학원): Local Government Finance 지방재정론

Others

Prime Minister's Citation (국무총리 표창 2회)

Minister of Economy and Finance’s Citation (기획재정부 장관 표창 2회)

중앙부처 교육훈련 보고서 평가 1위

PSAT 문제 출제 및 검토

Summa Cum Laude, the President’s List, and Early Graduation (부산대학교)