Research

Working Papers

Can Redrawing Boundaries Save Lives? Evidence from a Reform of the Kidney Allocation System [latest version (2026)] [initial version (2023)]
      Revise & resubmit, AEJ: Applied; Best Job Market Paper Award, Korea-America Economic Association 2023

Diagnostic Thresholds, Written Consent Requirements, and the Utilization of Scarce Organs [NBER Working Paper] [Ungated] (submitted)
      with Jeffrey Clemens 

Performance Monitoring and Certification Threats: Evidence from Organ Transplantation (draft available upon request)
      with Itai Ashlagi and Kurt Sweat

Presentation: Korea Development Institute, 2025 SEA*, The University of Tokyo*, Notre Dame, 2026 ASHEcon, UM-UWO-MSU Labo(u)r Day, The 2nd Sogang Global Symposium on the Frontiers of Economics

The Value of Donated Organs: Evidence from Korea  (draft available upon request)

      with Yunji Choi and Youngeun Jo

Presentation: Fall Annual Conference of the Korean Association of Health Economics and Policy

* : presented by coauthors

Journal Articles

Organ Procurement Following the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Performance Evaluations
      with Itai Ashlagi, Marc Melcher, and Kurt Sweat
      JAMA Surgery, 2026;161;(1):97-100.
      Cited in letters to CMS by the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation

Dependent Insurance Coverage and Parental Job Lock: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act  [NBER Working Paper][Ungated]
      with Katherine Meckel and Maggie Shi
      Journal of Public Economics, 2025, 258: 105439.

Economic Evaluation of Remote Monitoring for Implantable Cardiac Devices: Evidence from a Clinical Trial in Korea
      with YouMi Hwang
      ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2024, 697-705.

The Patient Outcomes Associated with the First Remote Monitoring Experience of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in South Korea
      with YouMi Hwang
      Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2023, 18, 1587-1595. 

The First Remote Monitoring Experience in South Korea: Results of a Remote-Care Study
      with YouMi Hwang
      EP Europace, 2023, 25(6).
      Media coverage: 의학신문, 메디칼업저버, 기호일보 

Changes in Early Labor Market Outcomes of among Young College Graduates in South Korea
      with Jaesung Choi
      The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2020, 688(1), 115–136.

Analysis on the Supply of Private Supplementary Education in Seoul Using Administrative Data on Hagwon
      with Sanggyun Moon & Jaesung Choi
      Survey Research, 2016, 17(3), 81-108. (in Korean)
      Media coverage: Kyunghyang (경향신문) 1 2  

Selected Work in Progress

Returns to Mental Health Treatment  with Yiqun Chen

The Value of Quantity Transfers: Evidence from the WIC Program with Katherine Meckel and Patrick McLaughlinImpact of

TeleNephrology on Patient Outcomes and Outpatient Clinics  with Todd Wagner