Research
Publications
Unexpected Longevity, Intergenerational Policies and Fertility (with Seok Ki Kim), Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36: 1607-1640. [PDF] [Online]
Later, Fewer, None? Recent Trends in Cohort Fertility in South Korea, Demography, 2023, 60 (2): 563-582. [PDF, Appendix] [Online]
Education Gradient in Parents' Childcare Time in South Korea, 1999-2019, Korean Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 45(3): 1-41. [PDF] [Online]
Transition of Son Preference: Evidence from South Korea (with Eleanor Jawon Choi), Demography, 2020, 57: 627-652. [PDF] [Online]
Gender Norms and Housework Time Allocation among Dual-Earner Couples (with Chulhee Lee and Esther Lee), Labour Economics, 2019, 57: 102-116. [PDF] [Online]
Two Birds with One Stone: Female Labor Supply, Fertility, and Market Childcare (with Seonyoung Park and Donggyun Shin), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2018, 90: 171-193. [PDF] [Online]
Design of Reforms with Time-Inconsistent Voters (with Johanna Mollerstrom), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19(3): 748-761. [PDF] [Online]
The Effect of School Choice on Student's Academic Performance (with Jaesung Choi), Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 2017, 58(1): 1-19. [PDF] [Online]
The Second Shift: Assimilation in Housework Time Among Immigrants, Review of Economics of the Household, 2016, 14(4): 941-959. [PDF] [Online]
Housewife, "Gold Miss," and Equal: The Evolution of Educated Women's Role in Asia and the U.S., Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29(2): 529-570. [PDF] [Online]
Child Gender and Parental Inputs: No More Son Preference in Korea? (with Eleanor Jawon Choi), American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 638-64. [PDF] [Online]
Working Papers and Selective Work in Progress
Risk Compensation after COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Vaccine Rollout by Exact Birth Date in South Korea (with Seung-sik Hwang, Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Jungmin Lee, and Junseok Lee), accepted at Health Economics. [PDF]
The Effects of Exposure to a Large-Scale Recession on Higher Education and Early Labor Market Outcomes (with Eleanor Jawon Choi and Hyelim Son), submitted. [PDF]
Is Job Loss Always Bad for Health? Evidence from National Health Screening (with Hyuncheol Bryant Kim and Jungmin Lee), submitted. [PDF]
Child Penalty amid Declining Fertility (with Inkyung Yoo)
Permanent Working Paper
Strategies for Reforming Korea's Labor Market to Foster Growth (with Mai Dao, Davide Furceri, Meeyeon Kim, and Tae-Jeong Kim), IMF Working Paper #14/137, BOK Working Paper #2014-25. [PDF]
Book Chapters
Tackling Gender Inequality in Asia: Korea (with Mai Dao, Davide Furceri, and Meeyeon Kim) in Women, Work, and Economic Growth: Leveling the Playing Field, eds. Kalpana Kochhar, Sonali Jain-Chandra, and Monique Newiak, International Monetary Fund, 2017. [PDF] [Online]