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Short-id: ple1269

Working Papers

2026

1. The Effects of a Sudden Stop in Low-Skilled Immigration: Evidence from Korea’s Guest Worker Program
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

2. Do Low-skilled Immigrants Improve Native Productivity but Worsen Local Amenities? Learning from the South Korean Experience
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2019

3. The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2019) View citations (5)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2019) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The labor market effects of Mexican repatriations: Longitudinal evidence from the 1930s, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (18) (2022)

2017

4. The Employment Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Evidence from the 1930's
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2024

1. How does low-skilled immigration affect native wages? Evidence from Employment Permit System in Korea
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76, (2), 433-450 View citations (1)

2023

2. Natural disasters, risk and migration: evidence from the 2017 Pohang earthquake in Korea‡
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2023, 23, (5), 1017-1035 View citations (6)
3. Task specialization and low‐skilled immigration in a highly educated country: Evidence from Korea
   Southern Economic Journal, 2023, 89, (4), 1078-1101 View citations (2)
4. The impact of a local human capital shock: evidence from World War II veterans
   Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, (3), 1765-1798

2022

5. Language Proficiency and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Immigrants in Australia
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23, (5), 1847-1866 View citations (4)
6. Pandemic and employment: Evidence from COVID-19 in South Korea
   Journal of Asian Economics, 2022, 78, (C) View citations (6)
7. The labor market effects of Mexican repatriations: Longitudinal evidence from the 1930s
   Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 205, (C) View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (5) (2019)
8. The rise of low-skill service employment: The role of dual-earner households
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 202, (C), 255-273 View citations (1)
9. To move or not to move? Immigration and natives’ neighborhood choices in Seoul, Korea
   (Ethnic segregation, tipping behavior, and native residential mobility)
   Journal of Economic Geography, 2022, 22, (4), 779-799 View citations (3)

2021

10. The Role of a University in Cluster Formation: Evidence from a National Institute of Science and Technology in Korea
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2021, 86, (C) View citations (2)

2019

11. THE LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A LARGE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY: EVIDENCE FROM UC MERCED
    Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57, (1), 316-332 View citations (6)
12. The role of intergenerational mobility in internal migration
    Economic Modelling, 2019, 81, (C), 1-15 View citations (6)