Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.A. in Economics, Korea University

B.A. in Education and Economics, Korea University

Employment

Korea Labor Institute, Research Fellow, 2019.07–2025.08

Research Fields

Labor Economics, Family Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Publications

“Low-Skilled Immigrants and the Relative Wages of High-Skilled Mothers”, Review of Economics of the Household, Sep. 2024, 22(3), 1221–1241.

“Male Wage Inequality and Marriage Delay in South Korea” (in Korean), The Journal of Women and Economics, Jan. 2024, 20(4), 1–26.

“The emergence of the motherhood premium: recent trends in the motherhood wage gap across the wage distribution”, Review of Economics of the Household, Dec. 2022, 20(4), 1323–1343.

“The Impact of Paid Childcare Leave on Fertility Decisions” (in Korean), Korean Journal of Labor Economics, Sep. 2022, 45(3), 43–69. (Bae Moo Ki Academic Award, The Korean Labor Economic Association)

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