Research Interests
Spatial econometrics, Applied Welfare economics, Applied econometrics
Research Description
Research in Progress
Fixed effects model with the endogenous spatial weight matrix
Growth, technological interdependence, and spatial externalities with the endogenous spatial weight matrix
The Effect of Social Capital on Individuals’ Economic Outcomes in the MENA Region (cowork with Prof.Hlasny, first author)
Conference Presentations
The Effect of Social Capital on Individuals’ Economic Outcomes in the MENA Region
39th Annual MEEA Meeting in conjunction with the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA), Atlanta, Georgia, January 3-7, 2019
Investment in Social Capital by Korean Baby-Boomers and the Elderly
Aging & Society: Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference at University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA, November 3-4, 2017
Korea and the World Economy(15th) ‘New Economic Paradigm and Sustainable Development’ at Korea Federation of Banks, Seoul, Korea, August 5-6, 2016
The 13th East Asian Social Policy Network International Annual Conference at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, July 1-2, 2016
Education
2016-2022 (Expected) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D in Economics
2021 (Expected) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MS in Statistics-Applied
2013-2016 Ewha Womans University, MA in Economics
2010-2013 Ewha Womans University, Bachelor of Economics
Grants
2018 Scholarship for Conference (Fall Semester) funded by the department of economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 Scholarship for Conference (Fall Semester) funded by the department of economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fellowship for Ph.D Students (Spring Semester) funded by the department of economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Fellowship for Ph.D Students (Fall Semester) funded by the department of economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 Graduate Research Scholarship for Humanities and Social Sciences funded by Korea Student Aid Foundation
Awards and Honors
2014 Award in Paper Competition for the Market Economy, ‘How to Lower the Barrier to Entry for Women in Korean Labor Market by Game Theory’, bestowed by KB Financial Group Inc. Chairman and organized by Market Economic Research Institute
2012 Award in Economic Universiade, ‘A Far-Sighted Policies to Develop Human Resources for the Economic Growth in Korea’, bestowed and organized by Edaily, Korea Association of Economic Education, SK communications and sponsored by Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Environment
Courses Taught
2019 (Spring), 2020 (Spring) Macroeconomic Principles (Undergraduate, Econ103), Discussion Section Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Prof.Joseph A Petry, Department of Economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2018 (Spring and Fall) Statistics in Economics (Undergraduate, Econ202), Discussion Section Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Prof.Colleen Schultz, Department of Economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 (Fall) Statistics in Economics (Undergraduate, Econ202), Discussion Section Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Prof.Colleen Schultz, Department of Economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 (Spring) Microeconometrics (Graduate), Teaching Assistant, Prof.Hosin Song, Department of Economics in Ewha Womans University
2014 (Spring), 2015 (Spring) Applied Econometrics (Undergraduate), Teaching Assistant, Prof.Hosin Song, Department of Economics in Ewha Womans University
2014 (Fall), 2015 (Spring) Statistics in Economics (Undergraduate), Teaching Assistant, Prof.Hosin Song, Department of Economics in Ewha Womans University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Research Assistant
2019 (Fall) ~ Present Prof.Anil K Bera, Department of Economics in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
External Links
Contact & Personal Information
E-mail: jieun2@illinois.edu; Nationality: South Korea; Language: Korean(native), English(fluent)
Softwares
Matlab, R, Python, Stata, LaTex
Recent Publications
Vladimir Hlasny, Jieun Lee. (2020). Investment in Social Capital by the Korean Elderly and Baby-Boomers. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Available online 15 April 2020, 100256.