SUNHAM KIM
Department of Economics | The Daniels School of Business | Purdue University
320 Krannert Building, 403 Mitch Daniels Blvd, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA+1 (765) 201-0345 |sunham-kim@purdue.edu | https://sunhamkim.github.io

EDUCATION
2017-present

Purdue University, USA
Ph.D. Economics (expected May 2024)
M.S. Economics

2016

Yonsei University, South Korea
M.A. Economics, with distinction
B.A. Economics, minor in Applied Statistics

FIELDS OF INTEREST
Spatial Economics, International Trade, Macroeconomics, and Labor Economics

WORKING PAPERS[1] “Human Capital Production in a Spatial Economy: A Quantitative Assessment of the
Decentralized U.S. Education System” (Job Market Paper)[2] “Care for the China Syndrome: Trade Shock, Sick Workers, and Access to Healthcare”(with Soojin Kim and Chong Xiang)[3] “Building Housing: The Allocative Efficiency of Creating New Cities Versus Expanding Existing
Cities?” (with Seungyub Han)
[4] “School Closure and Educational Inequality: Parental Investment in the Pandemic”(with Hyunjae Kang and Tae Young Kang)REFERENCES
Chong Xiang (Chair)
Professor
Department of Economics
Purdue University
cxiang@purdue.edu(765)-494-4499

Mario J. CruciniProfessor
Department of Economics
Purdue University
mcrucini@purdue.edu(765)-494-4484

Farid Farrokhi
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Purdue University
ffarrokh@purdue.edu(765)-494-4515

Soojin Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Georgia State University
soojinkim@gsu.edu(404)-413-0257

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SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS* denotes scheduled. Presentations at the home affiliation are excluded.
2024
2023

2022

The Society of Labor Economists (Portland)*; RIEF Doctoral Meeting (Paris)*Midwest Economic Association (Cleveland); Urban Economics Association (Toronto);
Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting (Texas Tech); Korea-America Economic
Association Job Market Paper Conference (Virtual); Southern Economic Association(New Orleans)
Midwest Economic Association (Minneapolis); Asia Meeting of the EconometricSociety (Tokyo/Virtual)RESEARCH AND RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2022-2023
2020-2023
2019-2022
2017-20182016-20172014-20162014-20162014-2016

Research Scholar, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, USA
Research Assistant to Prof. Chong Xiang, Purdue University, USA
Research Assistant to Prof. Miguel Sarzosa, Purdue University, USA
Research Assistant to Prof. Collin B. Raymond, Purdue University, USAResearcher, Korea Institute of Finance (Capital Market Division), South Korea
Research Aide, The Ministry of Employment and Labor, South Korea
Research Aide, The Minimum Wage Commission, South Korea
Research Assistant to Prof. Kang-Shik Choi, Yonsei University, South Korea

GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS
2023-2024
2022-2023
2022-2024
2021
2021
2020-2021
2019-2021
2019
2016
2015
2014

The Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University*
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Research Grant, UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate†
Krannert Doctoral Research Fund, Purdue University*† ‡Best Paper Award, GEPS Conference‡
Best Paper Award, CSES Conference‡
Purdue Research Foundation Grant, Purdue University
Best Presentation Award, KDSA Research Symposium, Purdue University
Krannert Award of Distinguished Teaching, Purdue University
Best Master’s Thesis of the Graduate School, Yonsei University
National Research Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation
Honors Student, Yonsei University* is for [1], † for [3], and ‡ for [4]

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Purdue University
Instructor, Microeconomics (UG; Summer 2019), Instructor Eval: 4.7/5.0
Recitation Instructor, Principles of Economics (UG; Fall 2017)
Teaching Assistant, Purdue University
International Trade (UG; Spring 2021, 2023), Labor Economics (UG; Summer 2022, Spring2023), Microeconomics II (PhD; Fall 2018), Macroeconomics (UG; Spring 2018)
Teaching Assistant, Yonsei University
Microeconomics (UG, MBA; Spring 2015-2016), Labor Economics (UG, G; Spring 2014-2016),
Personnel Economics (MBA; Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
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RESEARCH-RELATED COMPUTER SKILLS
Python, Julia, Stata, MATLAB, R, GTAP, Git, and Mathematica

SERVICES
2023-2024
2022

Organizer, Purdue Trade-Spatial Reading Group
Volunteer Instructor, Intro to Casual Inference Methods, Purdue Economic
Association (UG Econ Club)PERSONAL
Citizenship: South Korea (U.S. Visa Status: F-1 with an option for STEM OPT extension)
Languages: English (fluent), Korean (native)

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