Seonghoon Kim

Education

• Ph.D. The Ohio State University (2007 — 2013)
• Bachelor's degree Sogang University (2001 — 2007)

Companies

• Associate Professor Singapore Management University (2022)
• Deputy Director Singapore Management University (2020)
• Research Associate IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (2017)
• Assistant Professor Singapore Management University (2013 — 2021)
• Visiting Scholar UNU-WIDER - United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (2018 — 2018)
• Summer Research Associate RAND Corporation (2012 — 2012)

Honors & Awards

• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, Singapore Management University, 2017–2021
• Dissertation Fellowship, Boston College Center for Retirement Research and Social Security Administration, 2012

Research Grants

• Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2015–2016. “The Selection and Incentive Effects of Incentives: Evidence from a Two-stage RCT in Malawi”, S$40,000, Principal Investigator
• Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2016–2017. “Measuring Strategic Sophistication: A Large-scale Experiment”, S$40,000, Principal Investigator
• Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2017–2018. “The Effects of Unearned Income on Labor Supply, Private Transfer, and Consumption”, S$22,074, Principal Investigator
• Singapore Management University Research Capacity Building Fund, 2018. S$20,489, Principal Investigator
• Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 3 Grant, 2020–2025. “Dynamic and Holistic Monitoring of the Well-Being of Older Singaporeans”, S$9.9 mil., Co-Principal Investigator
• IZA Coronavirus Emergency Research Thrust Fund, 2020. “Short-term Impacts of COVID-19 on Consumption, Labor Market Outcomes, and Health: Evidence from Singapore”, e7500, Principal Investigator
• Singapore Ministry of Education Tier 1 Grant, 2021–2022. “The Effects of Hospital Payment Reform on Treatment Choice and Healthcare Costs”, S$27,770, Principal Investigator