JEONG, Hyeok

- Position:
  Associate Professor
- Degree:
  Ph.D. (Economics), University of Chicago
Current Research Interests:
Experience-labor Complementarity and transition to modern economic growth, Price of experience, International trade and firm dynamics, Conditional Gini and inequality dynamics
Professional Career:
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Associate Professor, 2010-present.
Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), Faculty Fellow, 2010-present.
Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, 2007-2010.
University of Southern California, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, 2000-2007.
World Bank, Consultant Economist, 1998.
University of Chicago, Lecturer, Economics Department, 1998-2000.

Selected publications:
Published

1.	“Growth and Inequality: Model Evaluation Based on an Estimation-Calibration Strategy,” with Robert M. Townsend, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Volume 12, pp. 231-284, 2008.
2.	“Assessment of Relationship between Growth and Inequality: Micro Evidence from Thailand,” Macroeconomic Dynamics, Volume 12, pp. 155-197, 2008.
3.	“Sources of TFP Growth: Occupational Choice and Financial Deepening,” with Robert M. Townsend, Economic Theory, Volume 32, Number 1, pp. 179-221, 2007.

Under Review by Journals

1.	“The Price of Experience,” with Yong Kim and Iourii Manovskii, 2009, revise and resubmit (American Economic Review).
2.	“Complementarity and Transition to Modern Economic Growth,” with Yong Kim, 2009, revise and resubmit (Review of Economic Dynamics).
3.	“S-shaped Transition and Catapult Effects,” with Yong Kim, 2009, revise and resubmit (Journal of Economic Growth).
4.	“Firm Level Heterogeneity and the Aggregate Disconnect between Exchange Rates and Exports,” with Robert Dekle and Heajin Ryoo, 2010, submit (Review of International Economics).

Other notable activities and achievements:
Conference Presentation

1.	Workshop on Productivity and Macroeconomics, Gakushuin University, January 2011. (Invited)
2.	12th Macroeconomics Conference, Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, December, 2010. (Discussion)
3.	4th KIC International Conference, November 2010. (Invited)
4.	NBER Economic Growth Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, February 2009. (Invited)
5.	4th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, December 2008.
6.	Minnesota Workshop in Macroeconomic Theory, Minneapolis, July 2008.
7.	Korean Econometric Society Macroeconomics Meeting, Seoul (Korea), June 2008 (Invited Plenary Talk).
8.	Society for Economic Dynamics (SED) Annual Meeting, Prague (Czech), June 2007 (Invited).
9.	Society for Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), Kos (Greece), June 2007 (Invited).
10.	American Economic Association Annual Meeting (KAEA Session), Chicago, January 2007.

Seminar Presentation

1.	2009-2010: Yonsei University, Boston University, GRIPS, University of Tokyo, Keio University, Hitotsubashi University, Kyung Hee University, Osaka University.
2.	2008-2009: Board of Governors, Michigan State University, National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies.
3.	2007-2008: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Korea University, Seoul National University
4.	2006-2007: Yale, NYU, World Bank, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Duke, University of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, UC Berkley, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Vanderbilt, UC Santa Barbara.