KIM Seonghoon
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Economics; Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA)
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2013
- M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, 2008
- B.A., Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Sogang University, 2007
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Health Economics
- Labor Economics
- Public Economics
RESEARCH ADVISOR/CO-RESEARCH ADVISOR TO:
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsSeonghoon Kim is an accomplished economist whose research bridges health, labor, and development economics, with a strong record of impactful publications, interdisciplinary leadership, and policy-relevant scholarship.
Combines rigorous empirical methods with policy-relevant research, influencing health, labor, and social policy debates in Asia and beyond; recognized for leadership in interdisciplinary aging research and for advancing understanding of the socioeconomic-health gradient.
Focused research areas include Long-term health and economic impacts of early-life conditions; health insurance and healthcare utilization; labor market institutions and incentives; socioeconomic determinants of well-being; policy responses to COVID-19; aging and retirement preparedness.
Combines rigorous empirical methods with policy-relevant research, influencing health, labor, and social policy debates in Asia and beyond; recognized for leadership in interdisciplinary aging research and for advancing understanding of the socioeconomic-health gradient.
Focused research areas include Long-term health and economic impacts of early-life conditions; health insurance and healthcare utilization; labor market institutions and incentives; socioeconomic determinants of well-being; policy responses to COVID-19; aging and retirement preparedness.
Areas of Expertise
Health economicslabor economicsdevelopment economicspolicy evaluationeconomic impacts of health and social interventionsempirical microeconomics.
Past Awarded Grant
- Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2015-2016. "The Selection and Incentive Effects of Incentives: Evidence from a Two-stage RCT in Malawi"
- Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2016-2017. "Measuring Strategic Sophistication: A Large-scale Experiment"
- Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2017-2018. "The Effects of Unearned Income on Labor Supply, Private Transfer, and Consumption"
- Singapore Management University Research Capacity Building Fund, 2018.
- Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 3 Grant, 2020-2025. "Dynamic and Holistic Monitoring of the Well-Being of Older Singaporeans"
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- CY Choi, S Choi, S Kim, J LeeEducation Finance and Policy, 1-40, 2026
- S Kim, SN Ahn, K Koh, D LeeFrontiers in Public Health 13, 1718795, 2025
- M Jeon, S Kim, K KohJournal of Public Economics 250, 105490, 2025
- J An, T Ahn, S KimReview of Income and Wealth 71 (2), e70018, 2025
- S Choi, S Kim, W LimAmerican Economic Journal: Microeconomics 17 (2), 214-240, 2025
- S Kim, K KohOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 87 (1), 1-25, 2025
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QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2013
- M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, 2008
- B.A., Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Sogang University, 2007
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Health Economics
- Labor Economics
- Public Economics
