Research Interests

• Welfare and Social Policy

• Labour Market, Employment and Technology

• Economic Shocks and Household Well-being

• Policy Evaluation

• Applied Microeconometrics

• Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Education

• University of Exeter, Department of Economics, PhD

• Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Administration, Master

• Pusan National University, Department of Public Administration, Bachelor of Arts (Majored in Public Administration and Minored in Economics)

Affiliation

Pusan National University

• Assistant Professor of Department of Public Administration 

• Faculty Advisor for Higher Civil Service Examination Preparation Programme (Sinmokjung)

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

• Regional Expert 

Ministry of Economy and Finance, currently Ministry of Planning and Budget and Ministry of Economy and Finance

• Director of Fiscal Policy Cooperation Division

• Director of Fiscal Policy Strategy Team

• Director of Local Finance Team

• Director of Local Market Policy Team

• Senior Deputy Director of Fiscal Innovation Bureau

• Deputy Director of Economic Policy Bureau

• Deputy Director of Spokeperson's Bureau

• Deputy Director of International Economic Affairs Bureau

Statistics Korea, currently Ministry of Data and Statistics

• Deputy Director of Secretariat for the third OECD World Forum Bureau

• Deputy Director of Statistics Policy Bureau

Higher Civil Service Examination, Finance and Economic Field

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Economics

• Policy Decision Making based on Big Data

• Writing Argumentative Paper

Graduate

• Advanced Economics

• Advanced Local Government Finance

Publications

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

Welfare and Social Policy

Ha, T. (2026). COVID-19 and welfare attitudes in South Korea: between the metropolitan governments of Seoul and Busan, Journal of Asian Public Policy, early access. https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2026.2646989 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2026). Do the Pandemic and the First‐Ever Universal Benefit Change Welfare Attitudes? Lessons From South Korea, Sociology Compass, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.70166 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2026). Exploring Heterogeneity in Equivalence Scales and Minimum Income Protection. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, early access.  https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.70063 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2026). Minimum income schemes expansions and heterogeneous effects in South Korea, International Journal of Social Welfare, 35(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.70060 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). The efficacy and efficiency of public transfer programmes on the poverty of the older population in South Korea. International Journal of Social Welfare, 33(1), 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12582 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). Heterogeneous effects of a means-tested benefit on income of older adults: Evidence from the Basic (Old-Age) Pension in South Korea. Journal of Social Service Research, 50(3), 409-421. https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2023.2287513 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). Exploring Poverty Heterogeneity between Older Old and Younger Old: Evidence from South Korea. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 32(2), 186-211. https://doi.org/10.1332/17598273Y2023D000000012 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2023). Identifying income heterogeneity determinants using the method of moments quantile regression. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 37(1), 39-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.12380 [SSCI]

Labour Market, Employment and Technology

Ha, T. (2026). Which workers are more affected by generative AI? Evidence from South Korea, Journal of Asian Public Policy, early access. https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2026.2687658 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2026). Artificial Intelligence Exposure and Working Hours: Evidence From South Korea. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, early access. https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.70053 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2026). Decomposing Earned Income Inequality among Employed Older Adults: The Role of Wage–Hours Interaction in South Korea, Work, Aging and Retirement, early access. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waag012 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). The disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on the labour market in South Korea, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 29(4), 1854-1868. https://doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2023.2215121 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2022). COVID-19 and remote work inequality in South Korea, Labor history, 63(3), 406-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2022.2111549 [SSCI/AHCI]

Economic Shocks and Household Well-being

Ha, T. (2026). Heterogeneous Effect of Cost-Of-Living Crisis: Evidence From South Korea, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 40(1), 16-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.12458 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). Economic crises and fiscal measures in South Korea: Asian Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, and COVID-19, Journal of Asian Public Policy, 17(2), 255-271. https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2022.2075220 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). COVID-19 and household wealth heterogeneity: Evidence from South Korea, Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, 250(3/2024), 69-88. https://dx.doi.org/10.7866/HPE-RPE.24.3.3 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2024). Does an economic crisis deflate education bubble and inequality? Lessons from South Korea 1997–2020. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 38(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/apel.12403 [SSCI]

Ha, T. (2023). The effects of COVID-19 and response measures on poverty, household income and household consumption expenditure in South Korea. Journal of Economic Studies, 50(1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-09-2021-0453 [SCOPUS]

Ha, T. (2022). Changes-in-Changes and the Korea Household Income and Expenditure Survey. 통계연구 Journal of the Korean Official Statistics, 27(3), 32-54. https://doi.org/10.22886/jkos.2022.27.3.32 [KCI]

Ha, T. (2022). 코로나19와 공적이전 프로그램이 빈곤에 미친 영향 세부집단별 분석을 중심으로. 예산정책연구, 11(3), 43-81. https://doi.org/10.35525/nabo.2022.11.3.002 [KCI]

Others

Prime Minister's Citation (twice)

Minister of Economy and Finance’s Citation (twice)

PhD Thesis: the first-ranked research paper of Korean public officials

Summa Cum Laude, the President’s List, and Early Graduation (Pusan National University)

Veteran (Republic of Korea Army)