Associate Professor, Department of Social Studies Education, Jeonbuk National University (Sep. 2025 - present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Studies Education, Jeonbuk National University (Sep. 2023 – Aug. 2025)

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, The University of Suwon (Sep. 2019 – Aug. 2023)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, BK21 Plus Program, Department of Economics, Seoul National University (Mar. 2018 – Aug. 2019)


Board Member, Korean Association of Economic Education (Jan. 2025 – Present)

Editorial Board Member, Korean Association for European Studies (Jan. 2025 – Present)

"Determinants of Happiness among North Korean Defectors after Resettlement in South Korea," (2025). Seoul Journal of Economics, 38(4), 405-436.

"Social Trust During the Pandemic: Evidence from COVID-19 Crisis in South Korea," (2025). Social Indicators Research, 180(1), 159-181.

The Long-term Effect of Early-life War Exposure on Prosocial Preference: Evidence from the Korean War. 2025. Journal of Asian Economics, 101943.

Love Thy Neighbor? The Role of Trust in Neighbors during the COVID-19 Crisis. 2024. Health and Place, 85, 103164.

Pandemic and Attitudes toward Immigrants: Evidence from South Korea during the COVID-19 Crisis. 2024. Millennial Asia, 15(4), 527-553.

Changes in Social Trust: Evidence from East German Migrants. 2021. Social Indicators Research, 155(3), 959-981.

Migration and Trust: Evidence from West Germany after Unification (with Byung-Yeon Kim). 2020. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 179, 425-441.

Natives’ Skills and Attitudes towards Immigrants: Evidence from 20 OECD Countries. 2020. International Journal of Manpower, 41(4), 457-471.

Market Activities and Trust of North Korean Refugees (with Byung-Yeon Kim). 2019. Asian Economic Policy Review, 14(2), 238-257.

Effects of Human Capital on the Economic Adjustment of North Korean Defectors (with Byung-Yeon Kim). 2016. Seoul Journal of Economics, 29(4), 505-528.

Limited catch-up in China’s semiconductor industry: A sectoral innovation system perspective (with Sungho Rho and Keun Lee). 2015. Millennial Asia, 6(2), 147-175.





A Study on the Relationship between Economic Literacy and Investment Preference (with Sun Ho Hwang). 2025. Korean Journal of Economic Education. 32(2), 51-76.

The Impact of Early COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social Networks of Older Adults. 2025. Korean Journal of Gerontological Social Welfare. 80(1), 31-59.

Economic Literacy: Differences by Acquisition Channel (with Sun Ho Hwang). 2024. Theory and Research in Citizenship Education. 56(4), 167-189.

Comparison of Intergenerational Income Mobility by Child Gender (with Eunju Hyun). 2024. The Journal of Women and Economics, 20(4), 27-49.

Changes in Koreans’ Attitudes towards Refugees and Immigrants and in Threat Perceptions after an Influx of Asylum Seekers. 2023. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 38(1), 5-38.

Determinants of North Korean Refugees’ Social Support Networks (with Byung-Yeon Kim and Seungho Jung). 2022. The Comparative Economic Review, 29(1), 25-55.

National Identity: A Comparative Analysis of Koreans and Germans (with Byung-Yeon Kim and Seungho Jung). 2021. Journal of Peace and Unification Studies, 13(1), 293-335.

Trust and Labor Market Participation. 2015. The Comparative Economic Review, 22(1), 105-139.

MZ Generation's Perception on Unification (with Byung-Ro Kim et al.) 2024. Hanwool Press.

Unification Perception Survey, 2023 (with Bumsoo Kim et al.). 2023. The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies. Seoul National University Press.

Unification Perception Survey, 2022 (with Bumsoo Kim et al.). 2022. The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies. Seoul National University Press.