He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University in 2016, a M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2010, and a B.A. in Trade and Commerce from INU in 2008. Before joining INU, he was an associate fellow at the Korea Development Institute. Recently, his paper, “Family Clans and Public Goods: Evidence from the New Village Beautification Project in South Korea,” was accepted for publication at the Journal of Development Economics.