Widespread agreement that a political reform is necessary is no guarantee that it is actually undertaken in a timely manner. There is often a delay before action is taken and reform packages that would be most efficient to implement all at once are often done only gradually. We propose a...

Using the 2003-2013 American Time Use Survey, this paper studies the assimilation in housework time among married U.S. immigrants. The gender gap in housework time narrows from first to one-point-five to second generation, where assimilation is driven by a decrease in housework time of women,...

The fraction of U.S. college graduate women who ever marry has increased relative to less educated women since the mid-1970s. In contrast, college graduate women in developed Asian countries have had decreased rates of marriage, so much so that the term “Gold Misses” has been coined to...

We test the effect of school choice on students’ academic performance by exploiting the change in high school assignment program in Seoul, Korea from within-district randomization to open enrollment. Using administrative level data on high school students’ National Assessment of Educational...

This study examines the effects of timing of exposure to the Asian financial crisis on higher education and early labor market outcomes. We estimate an extended difference-in-differences model exploiting variation in age at exposure and regional severity of the recession in South Korea. Using...

We utilize the phased rollout of COVID-19 vaccines by age as a natural experiment for testing risk compensation. People may resume face-to-face social activities after vaccination because they perceive lower risk of infection. The national vaccination schedule in South Korea enables us to apply...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of the readability of annual reports on firms’ ability to obtain trade credit from suppliers. Particularly, the authors conjecture that annual report readability helps firms obtain more trade credit from suppliers....

In my dissertation, I examine factors associated with firms' submission of auditor selection for shareholder ratification and test if shareholder ratification of auditor selection is associated with the extent of price competition in the audit market (as measured by audit fees) and audit quality...