Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2009
M.P.P., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2003
B.A., summa cum laude, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea, 2001
Professional Experience
- University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Best Teaching Assistant 2006–2007 and 2007–2008, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Ph.D. Fellowship 2004–2009, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Dean’s List (five semesters), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul Korea (top scholarship recipient in Public Administration for three semesters, President’s Scholarship for two semesters).
Professional Interests
Applied econometrics and program evaluation; crime policy, public policy for low-income families
Current Projects
Professor Jung focuses on applied econometrics and program evaluation, policy issues of low-income families such as teen-age pregnancy, fertility and employment of single mothers, obesity, juvenile delinquency, and economic and social consequences of incarceration.
Work in Progress
- Poverty and Obesity
- Teenage Fatherhood
- Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Low-Income Families
- Teacher Advancement Program
- Comparing Self-Selection Biases in Training and Education Programs
- Marriage Market of African American Men and Women
Selected Publications
Full Vita
- Jung, Haeil and Maureen Pirog. 2011. "Nonexperimental Impact Evaluations" in the Workforce Investment Act: Lessons for Europe. Douglas Besharov and Phoebe Cottingham eds. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. In press.
- Jung, Haeil. 2011. “Increase in the Length of Incarceration and the Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Men Released from Illinois State Prisons.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 30(3): In press.
- Jung, Haeil. 2009. “The Effect of Time in Prison on the Employment and Earnings of Male Ex-Prisoners.” Revised and Resubmitted to Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
- Jung, Haeil. 2009. “Adult Transition Centers and the Earnings and Employment of Male Ex-Prisoners.”
- Jung, Haeil. 2009. “Does Incarceration Impair the Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes of Men? Evidence from the NLSY79.”
- Jung, Haeil, Robert J. LaLonde, and Rekha Varghese. 2007. “The Childhood Foster Care Experiences of Female State Prisoners and What it Means for Reentry: Evidence from Matched Administrative Data from Illinois.”
- Jung, Haeil, Robert J. LaLonde, and Rekha Varghese. 2007. “Incarcerated Mothers, Their Children’s Placements into Foster Care, and its Consequences for Reentry and for Labor Market Outcomes.”
- Anderson, David, David Berry, and Haeil Jung. April 2003. “Minnesota Minimum-Wage Report, 2002.” Research and Statistics. Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.
Presentations
- With Maureen Pirog, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Washington, D.C., November 3-5, 2011.
- The 2011 Atlantic Causal Inference Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, May 19-20, 2011
- Policy Analysis and Public Finance Faculty Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, April 8, 2011
- Population Association of America Conference, Washington, D.C., March 31-April 2, 2011
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Boston, MA, November 2010
- Governance and Management Faculty Workshop, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, March 2010
- European Commission Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity, Washington, D.C., November 2009
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2009
- Bureau of Economics Seminar Series Presentations of Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., November 2009
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Los Angeles, November 2008
- 12th National Workshop on Adult and Juvenile Female Offenders, Baltimore, October 2007
- Crime and Population Dynamics Summer Workshop, University of Maryland, June 2007
