Myeong-Su Yun
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Education
- Ph.D. Economics, Rutgers University, October 2000, Supervisor: Prof. Mark R. Killingsworth
- M.A. Economics, Rutgers University, 1995
- M.A. Economics, Inha University, Korea, 1991, Supervisor: Prof. Jin-Ho Yoon
- B.A. Economics, Inha University, Korea, 1989
Publications
- Wage Differentials,
Discrimination and Inequality: A Cautionary Note on the Juhn, Murphy
and Pierce Decomposition Method, Scottish Journal of
Political Economy (forthcoming)
- Poverty
in Rural India: Caste and Tribe (with Ira N. Gang and Kunal
Sen), Review of Income
and Wealth (2008), 54(1), 50-70
- Immigration Amnesty and Immigrant’s Earnings (with Ira N. Gang), Research in Labor Economics (2008), 27, 273-309
- An
Extension of the Oaxaca Decomposition using Generalized Residuals, Journal of Economic
and Social Measurement (2007), 32(1), 15-22
- Inter-State Dynamics of Invention Activities, 1930-2000 (with Catherine Y. Co and John Landon-Lane), Journal of Applied Econometrics (2006), 21(8), 1111-1134
- Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo (with Ira N. Gang, Sumon K. Bhaumik), Journal of Comparative Economics (2006), 34(4), 754-773
- A Note
on Poverty in Kosovo (with
Ira
N. Gang, Sumon K. Bhaumik), Journal
of International Development (2006), 18(8), 1177-1187
- Earnings Inequality in USA, 1969-1999: Comparing Inequality Using Earnings Equations, Review of Income and Wealth (2006), 52(1), 127-144
- Hypothesis Tests when Decomposing Differences in the First Moment, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement (2005), 30(4), 295-304
- A Simple Solution to the Identification Problem in Detailed Wage Decomposition, Economic Inquiry (2005), 43(4), 766-772, with Erratum, Economic Inquiry (2006), 44(1), 198
- Self-Employment and Wage Earnings in Hungary during Transition (with Catherine Y. Co and Ira N. Gang), Review of Development Economics (2005), 9(2), 150-165
- Decomposing Differences in the First Moment, Economics Letters (2004), 82(2), 273-278
- A Bayesian Approach to Decomposing Wage Differentials (with Stanislav I. Radchenko), Economics Letters (2003), 78(3), 431-436
- Gender Differences in German Upward Income Mobility (with Ira N. Gang and John Landon-Lane), Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal of Applied Social Science Studies) (2003), 123(1), 3-14
- Decomposing
Male Inequality Change in
East Germany During Transition (with Ira N. Gang), Schmollers Jahrbuch
(Journal of Applied
Social Science Studies) (2003), 123(1),
43-54
- The Gender Wage Gap and Discrimination, East Germany 1990-1997 (with Ira N. Gang), Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung (Quarterly Journal of Economic Research) (2001), 70(1), 123-127
- Returns
to Returning (with Catherine Y. Co and Ira N.
Gang), Journal of
Population Economics
(2000), 13(1), 57-79
Working Papers
- Revisiting Inter-Industry Wage Differentails and the Gender Wage Gap: Another Identification Problem and an Identical Solution (an updated version from IZA DP 2427)
- Full- and Part-Time Wage Differentials and Female Labor Supply: Discontinuous Budget Constraint and Endogenous Wages
Professional Interests
- Labor Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Development
- Economies in Transition