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CURRICULUM VITAE, Y. LEE, MAY 2015
YOONSEOK LEE
Business Address:
Syracuse University
Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
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(315) 443-9529
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faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/ylee41/
Republic of Korea
Permanent Resident
(Green Card Holder)
Employment:
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Syracuse University, 2013 – present
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, 2013 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, 2006 – 2013
Visiting Positions:
Visiting Scholar (Summer Research Program), Department of Economics, Sogang University,
summer 2013
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Kyoto University, August 2011
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Yonsei University, summer 2011
Visiting Fellow, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, 2009 – 2010
Visiting Professor, Department of Business and Technology Management, Korea Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology (KAIST), summer 2008 & summer 2009
Fields of Interest:
Semiparametric/Nonlinear (Dynamic) Panel Data Models, Many (Weak) Instrument Problems
and Big-data/Large-dimensional Models, Social Interaction and Spatial Dependence, Income
Polarization and Crime
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University, 2006
M.Phil. in Economics, Yale University, 2004
M.A. in Economics, Yale University, 2002
M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, 2001
B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), Seoul National University, 1999
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Publications:
“Measuring Social Tension from Income Class Segregation” (with D. Shin), 2015, Journal of Business
& Economic Statistics, forthcoming.
“Treatment Effects with Unobserved Heterogeneity: A Set Identification Approach” (with S.J. Jun
and Y. Shin), 2015, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, forthcoming.
“Model Selection in the Presence of Incidental Parameters” (with P.C.B. Phillips), 2014, Journal of
Econometrics, forthcoming.
“On a Preference-Based Instrumental Variable Approach in Reducing Unmeasured Confounding-byIndication” (with Y. Li, R. Wolfe, H. Morgenstern, J. Zhang, F. Port, and B. Robinson), 2015,
Statistics in Medicine, Vol. 34:7, 1150-1168. [PMID: 25546152]
“Nonparametric Estimation of Dynamic Panel Models with Fixed Effects,” 2014, Econometric
Theory, Vol. 30:6, 1315-1347.
“Social Consequences of Economic Segregation” (with D. Shin and K. Shin), 2013, Korean
Economic Review, Vol. 29:1, 189-210.
“Bias in Dynamic Panels under Time Series Misspecification,” 2012, Journal of Econometrics, Vol.
169:1, 54-60.
“Hahn-Hausman Test as a Specification Test” (with R. Okui), 2012, Journal of Econometrics, Vol.
167:1, 133-139.
“Bringing ’Honest Capital’ to Poor Borrowers: The Passage of the Uniform Small Loan Law, 19071930” (with B.G. Carruthers and T.W. Guinnane), 2012, Journal of Interdisciplinary History,
Vol. 42:3, 393-418.
“Mobility-Based Explanation of Crime Incentives” (with D. Shin), 2012, Korean Economic Review,
Vol. 28:1, 50-68.
Papers under Review:
“Nonparametric Estimation of the Marginal Effect in Fixed-Effect Panel Data Models: An Application
on the Environmental Kuznets Curve” (with D. Mukherjee), revision requested by Journal of
Econometrics.
“Adaptive Elastic Net GMM Estimation with Many Invalid Moment Conditions: Simultaneous
Model and Moment Selection” (with M. Caner and X. Han), revision requested by Journal of
Business & Economic Statistics.
“Averaged Instrumental Variables Estimators” (with Y. Zhou), submitted.
“A Production Function Estimator with Proxy Variables and Firm Fixed Effects” (with A. Stoyanov
and N. Zubanov), submitted.
Working Papers and Works in Progress:
“Impact of Unmeasured Within- and Between-Cluster Confounding in Observational Studies:
Analysis of Bias” (with Y. Li).
“Exporting and Business Stock Market Value” (with W. Lincoln).
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“A Grouped Mixed Proportional Hazard Model with Social Interactions: Analysis of Motorcycle
Helmet-Use Law” (with J. Lee).
“Likelihood Ratio based Joint Test for the Exogeneity and the Relevance of Instrumental Variables”
(with D. Kim).
“Variable Omission and Pseudo-Spatial Dependence”.
“The Effects of Introducing Five-Day Work Week in Korean Labor Market: A Semiparametric Vector
Error Correction Approach”.
“Grouped Mixed Proportional Hazard Models with Social Interactions”.
“Parameter Homogeneity Test and Group Identification in Panel Data Models”.
“Bootstrap Inference for Error Correction Models”.
Awards, Grants and Fellowships:
NRF Grant 2014S1A3A2044456 (PI: D. Shin), National Research Foundation of Korea, 2014-2017
Appleby-Mosher Award, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 2014
Livingston Research Scholar Award, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, 2011-2012
Rackham Spring/Summer Research Grants, University of Michigan, 2009
Multimedia Teaching Grant, CRLT, University of Michigan, 2007
Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University, 2006
Carl Arvid Anderson Prize Fellowship, Cowles Foundation, 2005
Raymond Powell Teaching Prize, Yale University, 2005
Cowles Foundation Summer Prize, Cowles Foundation, 2004
Cowles Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship, Cowles Foundation, 2001-2005
University Fellowship, Yale University, 2001-2005
Japan-IMF Scholarship for Advanced Studies, IMF, 2001-2003 (declined)
Ilju Foundation Scholarship for Abroad Studies, Ilju Educational Foundation, 2001-2006 (declined)
U-San Graduate Scholarship, U-San Foundation, 1999-2001
Scholarship for Honors, Seoul National University, 1995-2001
Invited Talks and Conference Presentations:
2014-2015 (including scheduled) Syracuse U. (Applied Statistics); NY Camp Econometrics X; Korea
U.; Present and Future of Econometrics in Korea (in Honor of Joon Y. Park); 2015 Korean
Econometrics Camp; Sogang U.; Yonsei U.; International Conference on Frontiers of
Theoretical Econometrics (in Honor of Donald W.K. Andrews)
2013-2014
2013 International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications (invited); 2013
European Economic Association & Econometric Society Meeting*; Sogang U.; U. of
British Columbia; Queen’s U.; NY Camp Econometrics IX (invited)
2012-2013
Midwest Econometrics Group; Michigan State U.; U. of Montreal; U. of Pittsburgh; U. of
Alabama; U. of Missouri; Syracuse U.; SUNY-Binghamton; SUNY-Albany; North
American Econometric Society Winter Meeting (discussant)
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2011-2012
18th International Conference on Panel Data; North American Econometric Society
Summer Meeting; CIREQ Conference (invited); Indiana U.; Rice U.; Texas A&M U.;
Midwest Econometrics Group; Canadian Econometrics Study Group*; North American
Econometric Society Winter Meeting
2010-2011
U. of Texas-Dallas; U. of Michigan; Kyoto U.; Yonsei U.; Korea U.; Sogang U.; Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); North American Econometric
Society Summer Meeting*; 17th International Conference on Panel Data; Asian
Econometric Society Summer Meeting
2009-2010
Yale U. (2); U. of Virginia; Columbia U.; Boston College; International Conference on
Panel Data (withdrawn)
2008-2009
Canadian Econometrics Study Group; Midwest Econometrics Group Meeting*;
Columbia U.; U. of Rochester; ASSA Conference (KAEA, invited); Purdue U.; U. of
Western Ontario; Yonsei U.; Seoul National U.; Korean Econometric Society Summer
Meeting (invited); Kyunghee U.; Korea U.; European Econometric Society Summer
Meeting*
2007-2008
Midwest Econometrics Group Meeting; Cornell U.; Texas A&M U.; SUNY–Binghamton;
2008 International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications; Korean
Econometric Society Summer Meeting (invited); Sungkyunkwan U.; Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Conference in Honor of Peter C. B. Phillips;
Far Eastern and South Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
2006-2007
U. of Michigan; U. of Pennsylvania; NY Camp Econometrics II; Michigan State U.;
Western Michigan U.; Ohio State U.
2005-2006
Yale U.; Inter University Conference at Princeton U.; Greater New York Metropolitan
Area Econometrics Colloquium (Columbia U.); U. of Virginia; Pennsylvania State U.; U.
of British Columbia; U. of California-Irvine; U. of Rochester; U. of Michigan; U. of
Washington-Seattle; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
2003-2005
Yale U. (2)
2000-2001
Seoul National U.
(*: conference presented by the coauthors)
Teaching Experience:
Graduate Statistics: U. of Michigan (2011F)
Graduate Econometrics: Syracuse U. (2014S, 2015S); U. of Michigan (2008W, 2009W, 2011W & 2012W)
Graduate Advanced Topics in Econometrics: U. of Michigan (semiparametric models, panel data models;
2007W, 2009W, 2010F & 2013W); Seoul National U. (nonparametric, nonlinear models; summer
2001)
Undergraduate Econometrics: Syracuse U. (2013F, 2014F); Yonsei U. (summer 2013)
Undergraduate Statistics (upper division): U. of Michigan (2010F, 2011F, 2012F & 2013W)
Undergraduate Statistics (lower division): Syracuse U. (2013F, 2014F); Yonsei U. (summer 2013); U. of
Michigan (2006F & 2008W)
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Short Courses and Invited Lectures:
Panel Data Econometrics: Sogang U. (July 2013); Yonsei U. (June 2009); Sungkyunkwan U. (June 2009);
KAIST (June 2009)
Economic Forecasting and Time Series Analysis: Korea Electric Power Corporation (Spring 2001)
Other Professional Experience:
Co-organizer, Econometrics Seminar, Syracuse U., 2013-present; U. of Michigan, 2006-2013
Co-organizer, Graduate Summer Workshop, Yale U., 2005
Organizer, Econometrics Reading Group, Yale U., 2004-2005
Head Research Assistant (Macro-factor models), Korea Fixed Income Research Institute, 2001
Research Assistant (short-run economic forecasting), Daewoo Securities Co., Ltd., 1999-2001
Research Assistant (time series analysis), J.Y. Park, Seoul National U., 1999-2001
Service:
Syracuse University (2013-present):
Labor/Public Search Committee, 2014-2015
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2014
Micro Search Committee, 2013-2014
Graduate Recruiting Committee, 2013-2015
Comprehensive Exam Committee (Econometrics), 2013-2015
University of Michigan (2006-2013):
Department Senior Hiring Committee, 2011-12
Senior/Junior Recruitment Committee (Econometrics), 2007-12
Graduate Admission Committee (incl. regional screening), 2006-09, 2011-13
Field Exam Committee (Econometrics), 2007, 2008-09 (Chair), 2011 (Chair)
Ph.D. Students and the Initial Placement:
Lee, Jae Yoon (Economics, Syracuse, 2015), Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET).
Mota, Nuno A.F. (Economics, Syracuse, 2015), Fannie Mae.
Oh, Sun Jung (Social Science, Syracuse, 2015; Oral Exam Chair), Korea Labor Institute (KLI).
Zhou, Yu (Economics, Michigan, 2014), Fudan University.
Kim, Gi Hyun (Business, Michigan, 2012), University of Warwick.
Lee, Jongyearn (Economics, Michigan, 2012; Co-chair), Korea Development Institute (KDI).
Morris, Emily K. (Economics, Michigan, 2009), The Americas.
Huang, Bo (Business, Michigan, 2009), HEC Paris.
Peterson, Kyle (Business, Michigan, 2008), University of Oregon.
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Referee:
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Econometrics, Econometrics Journal, Econometric
Reviews, Econometric Theory, Handbook of Applied Nonparametric and Semiparametric Econometrics and
Statistics, International Economic Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic
Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Journal
of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Journal of Urban
Economics, Journal of the Japan Statistical Association, Journal of Time Series Analysis, Korean Economic
Review, Oxford Handbook of Panel Data Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, Studies in Nonlinear
Dynamics and Econometrics
French National Research Agency, National Science Foundation, Research Grants Council of Hong
Kong, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Professional Memberships:
American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Korea-America Economic Association