Publications
Decomposing Variations in Quality of Life Through Amenities: Evidence From Korean Cities, Journal of Regional Science, 2026, 315-348Neighborhood Effects of Buy-to-Rent and Build-to Rent Public Housing (with Changsu Ko and Jinsoo Bae), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2026, 169-185Do income tax incentives for job creation targeting young workers in SMEs stimulate employment? (with Sunghoon Kang and Sungjoon Kwon), Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024, 83, 191-203Partisanship and Survey Refusal (with Mark Borgschulte and Darren Lubotsky), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 332-357Driver's License Reforms and Job Accessibility among Undocumented Immigrants, Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102174Border Enforcement and the Sorting and Commuting Patterns of Hispanics, Journal of Regional Science, 2022, 1-23Immigration and the Pursuit of Amenities (with David Albouy and Mariya Shappo), Journal of Regional Science, 2021, 61, 5-29Minimum Wages and Retirement (with Mark Borgschulte), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2020, 73(1), 153-177
Work In Progress
Immigration and Inequality in the Next Generation (with Mark Borgschulte, Darren Lubotsky, and Jonathan Rothbaum)Immigrants at the Margin: Labor Market Effects of the Minimum Wage (with Mark Borgschulte, Darren Lubotsky)Public Sector Employment and the Labor Market for Older WorkersInstrumenting for Immigration Using Push Factors of Origin Countries
About
I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Korea University. My research interests include labor economics, urban economics, and public economics.
I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2020. Before joining Korea University, I worked as an Associate Fellow at the Korea Institute of Public Finance.
Contact
Department of Economics
Korea University
+82 2-3290-2215
Heepyung Cho (조희평)
145 Anam-ro
Seongbuk-gu Seoul 30147, South Korea