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
Immigrants at the Margin: Labor Market Effects of the Minimum Wage (with Mark Borgschulte, Darren Lubotsky), revision requested at Journal of Public EconomicsImmigration and Inequality in the Next Generation (with Mark Borgschulte, Darren Lubotsky, and Jonathan Rothbaum)The Labor Market Impact of Public Employment for the ElderlySocial Media and MarriageInstrumenting 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