Graduate School Program

Hyeok JEONG

Degrees:

• B.A. Economics, Seoul National University (Summa Cum Laude) (1990)
• Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago (2000)

Career

• Lecturer, Economics Department, University of Chicago (1998-2000)
• Consultant Economist, World Bank (1998)
• Assistant Professor, Economics Department, University of Southern California (2000-2007)
• Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Vanderbilt University (2007-2010)
• Faculty Fellow, FASID Joint Graduate Program (2010- )
• Associate Professor, GRIPS (2010- )

Current Research Interests:

1. Growth and Inequality.
2. Heterogeneity among Firms and Aggregate Export Dynamics.
3. Effects of Financial Deepening on TFP.
4. Implications of Experience-labor Complementarity on and Structural Transformation and TFP.
5. Price of Experience and Human Capital.
6. Dyadic Analysis on the Determinants of Income Inequality.

Publications and Awards