Research

Publications

[6] How will Automation Reshape Worker Well-Being? Evidence from a Highly Automated Economy (with Changken Lee and Olivia Hye Kim), Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, accepted. 

[5] Identifying High-Risk Elderly for Suicide Using Machine Learning (with Kahyun Lee), Empirical Economics, 2025.

[4] Heterogeneous Local Employment Multipliers: Evidence from Relocation of Public Entities in South Korea (with Wookun Kim, Changsu Ko), Labour Economics, 2024. 

[3] The Effect of Spousal Loss on the Cognitive Ability of the Elder (with Changsu Ko), The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2022. 

[2] Economic Effect of Local Currency: Focusing on the impact on sales of small businesses (with Kyungho Song), Journal of Korean Economic Analysis, 2021.

[1] Public Finance Response to COVID-19 in Korea (with Jaehyun Jeong, Kyungho Song), National Tax Journal, 2020. 

Working Papers

[1] The Economic Effects of a Rapid Increase in the Minimum Wage: Evidence from South Korea Experiments( with Taeyoung Doh, Kooil Kim, Sungil Kim, Kyungho Song) (Submitted)

[2] Expansion of Cash Transfer for the Elder and Elderly Suicide Rates (with Changsu Ko)  (R&R Health Economics) 

[3] Automation and the Composition of Jobs: Empirical Evidence from Population Data (with Dongik Kang) (Submitted) 

[4] Rising Temperatures, Falling Trust: The Impact of Heat Exposure on Institutional Trust (with Dongyoung Kim) (Submitted)

[5] Measuring Regional Economic Activity through Electricity Sales (with Changhui Kang, Sangkon Park, and Suyeon Cha) (Reject & Resubmit Regional Science and Urban Economics)

[6] Cash Transfer and Fertility: Evidence from an Ultra-Low Birth Rate Society (with Kanghyock Koh) (Submitted)

[7] Predicting suicide attempts among the elderly: A machine learning validation of the Three-Step Theory (with Kahyun Lee) (Submitted)

Work in Progress

[1] The Employment Effects of the Extending the Statutory Retirement Age: Evidence from the 2013 Labor Reform in South Korea (with Changhui Kang)

[2] The Aggregate and Regional Effects of Minimum Wage Changes (with ShinHyuck Kang and Joonseok Oh)

[3] Regional and Aggregate Fiscal Multipliers in Korea (with ShinHyuck Kang and Joonseok Oh)

[4] Does Fiscal Decentralization Amplify or Mitigate the Impact of Population Aging? Evidence from Local Government Spending in Korea (with Changsu Ko)