Heepyung Cho
Biographic Data
| ID | 3773259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heepyung Cho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heepyung |
| FAMILY NAME | Cho |
| SIGNATURE | CHO H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mark Borgschulte is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and is a Research Affiliate with the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). Heepyung Cho is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8994-1568 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Decomposing Variations in Quality of Life Through Amenities: Evidence From Korean Cities
We estimate the quality of life (QOL) across Korean cities and decompose the cross‐sectional and temporal variations in QOL through amenities. Using administrative housing transaction data, a city's revealed‐preference QOL is estimated from its cost of living relative to its wage level. Seoul, the biggest city in Korea, had a significantly high QOL in 2019, and its QOL continuously increased from 2015 to 2019. Based on a hedonic framework, househ…
Border enforcement and the sorting and commuting patterns of Hispanics
I analyze the effects of immigration enforcement by the US Border Patrol on the sorting and commuting patterns of Hispanics. Using a regression discontinuity design based on a 100‐Mile Border Zone, which permits Border Patrol agents to conduct warrantless searches within 100 air miles of the US border, I find that the share of Hispanics in southwestern states increases outside the Border Zone. This sorting effect disappears, however, when focusin…
Immigration and the pursuit of amenities
Immigrants to the United States live disproportionately in metropolitan areas where nominal wages are high, but real wages are low. This sorting behavior may be due to preferences toward certain quality‐of‐life amenities. Relative to U.S.‐born inter‐state migrants, immigrants accept lower real wages to locate in cities that are coastal, larger, and offer deeper immigrant networks. They sort toward cities that are hillier and also larger and netwo…
Minimum Wages and Retirement
The authors study the effect of the minimum wage on the employment outcomes and Social Security claiming of older US workers from 1983 to 2016. The probability of work at or near the minimum wage increases substantially near retirement, and previous researchers and policies suggest that older workers may be particularly vulnerable to any disemployment effects of the minimum wage. Results show no evidence that the minimum wage causes earlier retir…
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Minimum Wages and Retirement
The authors study the effect of the minimum wage on the employment outcomes and Social Security claiming of older US workers from 1983 to 2016. The probability of work at or near the minimum wage increases substantially near retirement, and previous researchers and policies suggest that older workers may be particularly vulnerable to any disemployment effects of the minimum wage. Results show no evidence that the minimum wage causes earlier retir…
Immigration and the pursuit of amenities
Immigrants to the United States live disproportionately in metropolitan areas where nominal wages are high, but real wages are low. This sorting behavior may be due to preferences toward certain quality‐of‐life amenities. Relative to U.S.‐born inter‐state migrants, immigrants accept lower real wages to locate in cities that are coastal, larger, and offer deeper immigrant networks. They sort toward cities that are hillier and also larger and netwo…
Border enforcement and the sorting and commuting patterns of Hispanics
I analyze the effects of immigration enforcement by the US Border Patrol on the sorting and commuting patterns of Hispanics. Using a regression discontinuity design based on a 100‐Mile Border Zone, which permits Border Patrol agents to conduct warrantless searches within 100 air miles of the US border, I find that the share of Hispanics in southwestern states increases outside the Border Zone. This sorting effect disappears, however, when focusin…
Decomposing Variations in Quality of Life Through Amenities: Evidence From Korean Cities
We estimate the quality of life (QOL) across Korean cities and decompose the cross‐sectional and temporal variations in QOL through amenities. Using administrative housing transaction data, a city's revealed‐preference QOL is estimated from its cost of living relative to its wage level. Seoul, the biggest city in Korea, had a significantly high QOL in 2019, and its QOL continuously increased from 2015 to 2019. Based on a hedonic framework, househ…
Demographic economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (2 works) · Sorting (2 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (2 works) · Wage (2 works) · Cost of living (1 works)