I am a PhD student in the Department of Economics at UC Santa Barbara. I graduated from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) with a BS in Chemistry and from Seoul National University (SNU) with an MA in Economics. My research interests include labor economics and public economics in   relation to education and demography. Currently, I am working on a project that investigates the effects of robot penetration on education in the US.

I am a PhD student in Economics. Prior to UCSB, I studied at the University of Delhi and the University of Texas at Austin. I've also previously worked on field research in India and Kenya on a wide range of topics in education, child health & nutrition, voter preferences, and cash transfer programs. My primary research interests are labor and development economics. I am especially interested in issues related to gender and education. I'm currently working on research projects on the effect of labor market opportunities for women on fertility and the effect of public school access on student learning in India.