B.A., Economics, Seoul National University, 1992 (Magna cum laude)
M.A., Economics, Seoul National University, 1994
Ph.D. Course Completion, Economics, Seoul National University, 1998
Ph.D., Economics, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
WORK EXPERIENCE
Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy (2017. 12. ~ present)
Associate Professor, GIST College, February 2016 Present
Adjunct Fellow, Korea Development Institute (KDI), February 2016 Present
Director and Vice President, Department of Human Resource Development Policy, KDI, May 2015 February 2016
Fellow, Department of Public Finance & Social Policy, KDI, June 2006 April 2015
Adjunct Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, May 2010 May 2012
Assistant Researcher, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University, February 1994 February 2001
Assistant, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University, June 1996 July 2000
REPRESENTATIVE_PUBLICATIONS
Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability in Korea: Toward Participatory Policy Governance, KDI FOCUS, 2016. 8.
Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability in Korea (Editor, KDI Research Monograph, December 2015)
After-School Classes in Korea: Effects on the Demand for Private Tutoring and Academic Performance (in John Karl Scholz et al. (eds.), Social Policies in an Age of Austerity, Edward Elgar, 2015)
Social Mobility and the Role of Education in Korea (2014 KDI/EWC International Conference on Human Capital Policy, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-22 August, 2014)
Status Race and Happiness: What Experimental Surveys Tell Us (Policy Study 2014-01, KDI, July 2014 with Fumio Ohtake)
Resetting Education Policy to Restore Social Mobility (KDI Focus No. 54, in English, September 2015)
Relative Concern: Pros and Cons and Lessons to be Learned (KDI Focus No. 44, in English, November 2014)
What Do Academic Achievement Analyses Say about Primary and Secondary Education(KDI Focus No. 30, in English, November 2013)
Equity and Efficiency of Koreans’ English Education Investments (KDI Policy Forum, 245, in English, August 2012)
The Effects of Substitutive Public Programs for Private Tutoring in Korea: Focusing on the After-School Class and EBS Programs (CR 2011-21, Korean Educational Development Institute, April 2011)
Why Is Self-Directed Learning More Important Than Private Tutoring(KDI Policy Forum, 231, March 2011)
Analysis of the Effects of Private Education on Academic Achievement and Labor Market Performance (KDI Research Monograph, December 2010)
Policy Evaluations of English Education and Proposals for Its Improvement (Policy Study for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, December 2010, coauthored)
Report on the 2010-2014 National Fiscal Planning on Educational Finance (2010, coauthored)
Analysis of Behavioral Responses to Public Transfers Using the Tax and Benefit Survey (The 2nd Conference of the Tax and Benefit Survey, Korea Institute of Public Finance, November 2010)
Job Opportunity of Local University Graduates: Reality and Policy Directions (Local Employment Focus, October 2010)
Analysis on the Labor Market Performance of Local University Graduates and Regional Education Gap (The KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 32(2), 2010)
Intergenerational Transfers and Old-Age Security in Korea (in Takatoshi Ito & Andrew K. Rose eds., The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, NBER East Asia Seminar on Economics, The University of Chicago Press, 2010)
The Effects of Basic Old-Age Pension on Poverty Reduction and Behavioral Responses (2010 Symposium of Korean Retirement and Income Study, June 2010)
English Divide: Reality and Policy Implication (The Korean Social Security Association, 2010 Spring Conference, June 2010)
The Effects of School Characteristics on Private Education Expenditure (Korean Journal of Labor Economics, 32(3), December 2009)
Analysis on Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Korea (KDI Policy Study, December 2009)
Methods of Analyzing Macroeconomic Indices for Guiding Financial Supervision (Policy Study for the Financial Supervisory Service, KDI, December 2009, coauthored)
How to Monitor Educational Policy Impacts on the Demand for Private Tutoring (Policy Study for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, December 2009, coauthored)
Analysis on Women's Job Destruction (KDI Economic Outlook, 26(2), November 2009)
Analysis on the School Characteristics Influencing Academic Performance and Demand for Private Education (Policy Study for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, July 2009, coauthored)
The Characteristics of Elderly Households in Poverty and Anti-Poverty Policies (The 2nd Symposium of Korea Retirement and Income Study, June 2009)
An Economist’s Investigation of Issues on Higher Education (Higher Education, 159, Korea Council for University Education, May/June 2009)
Education Gaps and Social Integration (Health-Welfare Policy Forum, 150, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, April 2009)
Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Korea and the Role of Education (The 10th Symposium of Korea Labor and Income Panel Study, February 2009)
Program Evaluation on National Scholarship for Regional University Students (KDI, December 2008)
Analysis on Regional University Problems and Policy Implications (in The Direction and Strategy of Regional Policy, KDI Research Monograph, December 2008)
An Evaluation of NURI (New University for Regional Innovation): Focusing on Changes in Graduate Employment (The KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 30(2), 2008, coauthored)
Private Income Transfers and Old-Age Income Security (The KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 30(1), 2008)
Old-Age Income and the Role of Children (The 1st Symposium of Korea Retirement and Income Study, June 2008)
Analysis on the Recent Slowdown of Job Increases (KDI Economic Outlook, 25(1), May 2008, coauthored)
Analysis on the Effects of Higher Education on Labor Market and Its Hierarchy Structure (KDI Policy Study, December 2007, coauthored)
Program Evaluation on the NURI (New University for Regional Innovation) Project (KDI, August 2007, coauthored)
Population Aging and Income Transfers: A Microeconomic Approach (KDI Research Monograph, 2006. 12.) [translated in Japanese and published in: The Frontiers of Research on Population Aging in Korea (Minerva Books, 2009)]
Three Essays Using Longitudinal Sibling Data (Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006):
1. The Military Draft and Career Disruption
2. Achievement or Background?: The Gender Asymmetry in Spouse Selection and Social Mobility 3. Parental Investment between Children with Different Abilities
The Economic Crisis in the 1970s and Labor Flexibility Strategy: Focusing on the Cases of the United States, Sweden, and Japan (M.A. Thesis, Seoul National University, 1994)
