Changkeun Lee | 이창근
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Public Policy and Perception in Korea
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Public Policy and Perception in Korea

Description

Data-driven studies of public opinion, policy preferences, and social narratives in Korean society. Plus applied microeconomics analysis.

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I explore how Korea’s demographic, fiscal, and energy transitions shape public preferences and policy responses—combining empirical research and direct policy advising to understand social cleavages, middle-class identity, and the institutional conditions for sustainable reform.

📄 Academic Research

Representative Works:

  • 🛠️ ”Leaving Someone Behind: Coal Phase-Out in South Korea,” [link] 👥 Sehoon Kim, Yeong Jae Kim, Jinseong Park, Sunjoo Park
  • Ideology and Policy Preferences in Synthetic Data: The Potential of LLMs for Public Opinion Analysis, Media and Communication, 2025 👥 Keyeun Lee, Suh-hee Choim and Jaehyuk Park
  • Job reallocation in Korean manufacturing: 1984–2014, Journal of Asian Economics, 74: 101295, 2021. 🔗 [link] 👥 Cheongyeon Won
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  • 🛠️ ”Tradeoffs between the Time and Cost of Electric Vehicle Charging in Korea,” [link] 👥 David Woo, Yeong Jae Kim
  • “Fertility decline and tax revenues in South Korea,” Research in Economics, 79(2): 101025, 2025. [link] 👥 Joan E. Madia, Francesco Moscone, Asieh Hosseini Tabaghdehi, Jong-Chol An
  • “Addressing fiscal uncertainty: Proposing policy pathways for enhancing economic growth and fertility rates in South Korea,” Research in Economics, 78(3): 101025, 2025. [link] 👥 Joan E. Madia, Francesco Moscone, Catia Nicodemo, Jong-Chol An
  • 🇰🇷 총요소생산성 증가는 에너지집약도를 낮추는가? Does TFP Growth Reduce Energy Intensity?, 에너지경제연구, 24(1): 29-49, 2025. [link] 👥 김세훈
  • 제조업 사업체 간 임금 및 생산성격차 추세와 그 관계에 대한 분석 The Evolution of Wage and Productivity Dispersion between Korean Manufacturing Establishments, 2000-14, 노동경제논집, 40(4): 1-31. 🔗 [link]

📊 Policy Research

Representative Works:

  • 🇰🇷 Koreans’ Policy Preference, 2024-2025, 2025. 🔗 [link] 👥 Young Jae Kim, Jinseong Park, Sehoon Kim, Haeun Kim, Soomin LIm
  • 🇰🇷 Who is the Middle Class in Korea?, KDI, 2024. 🔗 [link] [▶️ Youtube] [▶️ Youtube] 👥 Sookyeong Hwang

    • → This report highlights the mismatch between Korea’s objective and subjective middle class, and emphasizes the importance of understanding the layered nature and policy implications of this divergence.

  • 🇰🇷 Opinion Polarization in Korea, KDI, 2019. 🔗 [link] 👥 Woonhyuk Lim, Seeun Jung, Dongook Choi

    • → Using survey data, I examine trends in opinion polarization in Korea and find increasing issue-based divergence since the 2010s, while overall ideological distribution remains stable.

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  • 🇰🇷 인도-태평양 경제프레임워크(IPEF) 주요 의제별 참여국의 현황 분석과 정책제언, 경제인문사회연구회, 2023. 🔗 [link] 👥 임원혁, 이시욱, 김영재, 윤춘근
  • 🇰🇷 국가 통계발전 로드맵 수립을 위한 연구, 통계청, 2017. 👥 이재형
  • 🇰🇷 베이비붐세대 특성 분석을 위한 빅데이터 활용방안 연구, 통계청 2017. 👥 권정현, 최동욱
  • 🇰🇷 중소기업정책 심층평가, 기획재정부, 2016. 👥 
  • 🇰🇷 일자리정책 심층평가, 기획재정부, 2016. 👥 

🗣️ Selected Outreach Activities

🎙️ Talks & Lectures

🖼️ Programs & Curation

Projects where I organized or collaborated on Korea’s public policy and public opinion.