Research Interest
-Labor Economics, Economics of Family and Human Capital
-Intellectual Property Rights, Technological Change
-Applied Microeconomics
Editorial Experience
-Associate Editor, Journal of Human Capital (U of Chicago Press), 2011.1-present.
-Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2010-present.
-편집의원, 지식재산연구, 2011-현재.
-편집의원, 응용경제, 2010.8-현재.
-편집의원, 노동정책연구, 2008.1 – 2008.12.
-편집의원, 계량경제학보, 2007 – 2008.
Education
-1994: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago (Advisor: Prof. Gary Becker)
-1989: M.A. in Economics, University of Chicago
-1987: B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University
Academic Positions
-2008-present: Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University
-2006-2008: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University
-2006-present: Research Associate, Center for Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer, and Economic Growth and Development (HEAD), State University of New York at Buffalo
-1995-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo
-1994-1995: Bradley Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
-2007: Kuznets Prize for Best Article 2004-2006, Journal of Population Economics
-2007-2008: NSF Grant SRS-0725467
-1999-2001: Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy Research Grant
-1994-1995: Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
-1992-1994: Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellowship
-1988-1989, 1990-1994: University of Chicago Fellowship
-1985-1987: Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Fellowship
-2010-현재: 한국연구재단, Social Science Korea (SSK)
-2009-2011: 한국학술진흥재단, 신진교수연구지원사업, “한국 특허 데이터를 이용한 발명자
-2007-2009: 한국학술진흥재단, 신진교수연구지원사업, “ 특허 개발자 패널 데이터를 이용한 과학자의 생산성에 관한 연구”
Courses Taught
-Graduate courses at KU: Labor Market Theory I (ECO 641, 770), Human Capital Theory(ECO 643)
-Graduate courses at UB: Macroeconomic theory (ECO 507), Economic Development (ECO 516), Labor Economics (ECO 543), Labor Economics (ECO 743)
-Undergraduate courses at KU: Introduction to Economics (Econ 150), Labor economics(ECO 244)
-Undergraduate courses at UB: Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 181), Macroeconomic theory (ECO 407), Economic Development (ECO 416), Labor Economics (ECO 443)
