Associate Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management | KDI국제정책대학원 부교수
📍 Sejong, South Korea · 📧 cklee@kdischool.ac.kr
NEWS
- ”How will automation reshape worker well-being? Evidence from a highly automated economy” was published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 🔗 [link]
- Coauthored with my students, ”Work-from-Home in Korea: Expansion, Persistence, and Inequality?” was published in Journal of the Korean Official Statistics. 🔗 [link]
📝 Employment
- 2020-now Associate Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management
- 2018-2020 Assistant Professor, Yonsei University Mirae Campus
- 2015-2018 Associate Research Fellow, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
- 2006-2009 Full-time Instructor (Lieutenant Jr., Navy), ROK Naval Academy
🎓 Education
- 2009-2015 PhD in Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- 2004-2006 MA in Economics, Seoul National University
- 1999-2003 BS in Engineering (Industrial Engineering) and BA in Economics, Seoul National University
Lines of Work
My work moves between historical inquiry and real-world engagement: studying long-term economic change while advising institutions on how to respond to it. “Lines of Work” introduces how these questions evolve across research, policy, and education.
Historical analysis of Korea’s economic and industrial transformation since the mid-20th century.
Long-run structural dynamics in the U.S. economy, with a focus on manufacturing, labor, and crisis response.
How technological change, workplace systems, and organizational capabilities shape labor outcomes and inequality.
Data-driven studies of public opinion, policy preferences, and social narratives in Korean society. Plus applied microeconomics analysis.
Economic analysis of Korea’s cultural and creative industries and policy consultation for policies that foster innovation and cultural development
Research and advisory work on development cooperation strategies of Korea.
Designing and co-creating educational spaces—within and beyond institutions—through teaching, dialogue, and international collaboration.
Research Groups
- Leader of Inequality and Economic Policy Lab, KDI School of Public Policy and Managment.
- (National Research Foundation) Growth and Distribution under the New Normal, Seoul National University, Social Science Korea.
- (National Research Foundation) Research Center for Small Business Ecosystem, Inha University, Convergence Research Center.
- Contemporary Korean Studies, Seoul National University.
Individual Grants
- (National Research Foundations) Smart Factory: Economic Drivers and Effects
- (National Research Foundations) Korea-EU educational collaboration
maybe i just hoped this journey would never end.
so are we all so lonely?
—from a song I keep returning to 🎧 Listen