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May 2021 YOUNGHWAN SONG

Department of Economics Phone: 518-388-8043 Fax: 518-388-6988 807 Union Street Email: [email protected] Schenectady, NY 12308 U

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS______

Professor, Department of Economics, Union College, 2015-present Research Fellow, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, 2014-present Senior Economist/Consultant, Data for Decisions, 2007-present Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Union College, 2008-15 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Union College, 2002-08 Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health, 2008-09 Visiting Scientist, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 2007-08 Visiting Scholar, Program on the Global Demography of Aging, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 2005-06 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, SUNY at Albany, 2005-06 Research Analyst, National Center for Children in Poverty, School of Public Health, , 2002 Instructor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 1999-01

EU DUCATION______

Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University, 2002 M.Phil. in Economics, Columbia University, 1996 M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1993 B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1991

PU UBLICATIONS______

“Does Telework Stress Employees Out? A Study on Working at Home and Subjective Well- being for Wage/Salary Workers,” with Jia Gao, Journal of Happiness Studies, 21 (2020), pp. 2649–2668.

“Job Displacement and Subjective Well-being: Findings from the American Time Use Survey Well-being Modules,” Journal for Labour Market Research, 52 (13) (2018), pp. 1-13.

“Rotation Group Bias in Smoking Prevalence Estimates Using TUS-CPS,” Survey Research Methods, Vol. 11 (4) (2017), pp. 383-404.

1 “A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Wellbeing,” International Journal of Wellbeing, Vol. 7 (1) (2017), pp. 65-83.

“Perspective on ‘‘Flexibility at a Cost—Should Governments Stimulate Tertiary Education for Adults?” by Anders Stenberg and Olle Westerlund,” Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 7 (April 2016), pp. 87-88.

“Single Mothers’ Time Preference, Smoking and Enriching Childcare: Evidence from Time Diaries,” with Sabrina Pabilonia, Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 39 (Spring 2013), pp. 227- 255; Corrigendum Vol. 39 (Summer 2013), p. 424.

“Time Preference and Time Use: Do Smokers Exercise Less?” Labour, Vol. 25 (September 2011), pp. 350-369.

“The Effect of Children on Early Retirement Behavior in Europe,” Journal of Market Economy, Vol. 40 (June 2011), pp. 1-45.

“Unpaid Work at Home,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 48 (October 2009), pp.578-588.

“Training, Technological Changes, and Displacement,” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 30 (September 2009), pp.201-218.

“The Religious Time Bind: U.S. Work Hours and ,” with David Cotter, Social Indicators Research, Vol. 93 (August 2009), pp. 209-214.

“The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the ,” with David Bloom, David Canning, and Michael Moore, in Robert Clark, Andrew Mason, and Naohiro Ogawa (eds), Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy, Elgar Press, 2007. Also circulates as NBER Working Paper No. 12688.

“The Working Spouse Penalty/Premium and Married Women’s Labor Supply,” Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 5 (September 2007), pp. 279-304.

“Recall Bias in the Displaced Workers Survey: Are Layoffs Really Lemons?” Labour Economics, Vol. 14 (June 2007), pp. 335-45.

“Welfare Reform and Changes in the Economic Well-being of Children,” with Neil G. Bennett and Hsien-Hen Lu, Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 23 (December 2004), pp. 671- 99. Also circulates as NBER Working Paper No. 9399.

“Children Facing Economic Hardships in the United States: Differentials and Changes in the 1990s,” with Hsien-Hen Lu, Julian Palmer, Mary Clare Lennon, and J. Lawrence Aber, Demographic Research, Vol. 10 (June 2004), pp. 285-338. Also circulates as ISERP Working Paper No. 2003-04.

2 WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS______

“Son Preference and Paternal Subjective Well-Being,” with Jia Gao, April 2021.

“Occupational Earnings Inequality, Time Use and Subjective Well-Being: Are Working Mothers in Despair in Winner-Take-All Occupations?” April 2021.

“The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Self-Reported Health and Subjective Well-being,” with Jia Gao, October 2020.

“Meaningless Assimilation: Subjective Well-being of Immigrants in the United States,” with Marian Khoury*, August 2014.

“Subjective Well-Being and Migration in the United States,” with Michael Jacobson*, August 2014.

“Minimum Wages and Teen Time Use,” March 2016.

* Undergraduate co-authors

TU EACHING ______

Union College, Department of Economics, 2002-present • Introduction to Economics • Introduction to Econometrics • Economics of Health • Seminar in Labor • Supervision of Senior Thesis Students • National Health Systems Term Abroad

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, 1999-01 • Statistics-Quantitative Analysis

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES______

I. PAPER PRESENTATIONS

“Occupational Earnings Inequality, Time Use and Subjective Well-Being: Are Working Mothers in Despair in Winner-Take-All Occupations?” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2019 • Annual Meetings of the Populations Association of America, 2021

“The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Self-Reported Health and Subjective Well-being” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Hungary, 2018

3 “Son Preference and Paternal Subjective Well-Being” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Spain, 2017 • Annual Meetings of the Populations Association of America, 2021

“Does Telework Stress Employees Out? A Study on Working at Home and Subjective Well- being for Wage/Salary Workers” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Korea, 2016 • A World to Win Conference, the Netherlands, 2017 • Time Use Across the Life Course Conference, 2018 (Presented by Gao)

“Job Displacement and Subjective Well-being: Findings from the American Time Use Survey Well-being Modules” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Turkey, 2015 • Time Use Across the Life Course Conference, 2016 • A World to Win Conference, the Netherlands, 2017

“Meaningless Assimilation: Subjective Well-being of Immigrants in the United States” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Finland, 2014

“Rotation Group Bias in Smoking Prevalence Estimates Using TUS-CPS” • Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference, 2013 • Union College, 2013

“Subjective Well-Being and Migration in the United States” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Brazil, 2013 • Perspectives on Time Use in the U.S., 2014

“A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Japan, 2012 • Perspectives on Time Use in the U.S., 2014

“Minimum Wages and Teen Time Use” • Ohio University, 2011 • International Perspectives on Time Use Conference, 2011 • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, England, 2011 • Wayne State University, 2016

“Male Marriage Wage Premium and Hours of Work” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, France, 2010

“Single Mothers’ Time Preference and Enriching Childcare: Evidence from Time Diaries” • Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, 2008 (Presented by Pabilonia) • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Australia, 2008 • Annual Meetings of the Society of Labor Economists, 2009

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“The Effect of Children on Early Retirement Behavior in Europe” • Conference on Economic Consequences of Low Fertility at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2008 • Harvard University, 2008 • Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, 2009

“The Religious Time Bind: Effects of Long Hours on Religious Practices and Participation” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, 2007

“Time Preference and Time Use: Do Smokers Exercise Less?” • Union College, 2007 • IZA Topic Week: Nonmarket Time in Economics, , 2007 • Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, 2007 • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, 2007 • , 2010 • Society of Government Economists Conference, 2010

“The Effects of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Saving” • Workshop on Comparative International Research Based on HRS, ELSA and SHARE at RAND, 2006 • Yale University, 2006 • Harvard University, 2006 • Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, 2007 • Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, 2007

“The Effects of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the U.S.” • Conference on Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy at Nihon University, Japan, 2006 • Workshop at the Michigan Retirement Research Center, 2007

“Rising Health Insurance Premiums and Job Displacement” • Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Research Conference, 2006

“Unpaid Work at Home” • International Association for Time Use Research Conference, Canada, 2005

“Recall Bias in the Displaced Workers Survey: Are Layoffs Really Lemons?” • Annual Meetings of the Society of Labor Economists, 2005

“The Working Spouse Penalty/Premium and Married Women’s Labor Supply” • Union College, 2004 • Annual Meetings of the Society of Labor Economists, 2004 • Queens College, CUNY, 2004

5 • , 2005 • Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, 2005 • University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2006 • University at Albany, SUNY, 2006

“Recent Trends in Racial/Ethnic Differences in Child Poverty of Two-Parent Families: Why Are Hispanic Children Left Behind?” • Columbia University, 2002 • Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association, 2003 • Union College, 2003

“Welfare Reform and Changes in the Economic Well-being of Children” • Baruch College, CUNY, 2001 • Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, 2001 • Columbia University, 2002 • New School University, 2002 • Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, 2002

“Training, Technological Changes, and Displacement” • Columbia University, 2001 • University of Pennsylvania, 2001 • IZA, 2002 • Union College, 2002

“The Effects of Statistical Discrimination on the Firm-Specific Training and Wage Profiles of Men and Women” • Columbia University, 1998 • University of Pennsylvania, 1998

II. DISCUSSANT

• Human Capital & Aging Workshop, Harvard School of Public Health, 2015 • Society of Government Economists Conference, 2010 • Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association, 2008 • Conference on Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy at Nihon University, Japan, 2006 • Workshop on Comparative International Research Based on HRS, ELSA and SHARE at RAND, 2006 • Time Use and Economic Well-Being: A Conference of the of Bard College, 2005 • Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association, 2005

III. REVIEWER

6 Applied Economics (x2), Canadian Journal of Economics, CUNY Research Grant, Economics Bulletin, Industrial Relations, IZA Journal of Labor Policy; Journal of Applied Econometrics (x2), Journal of the Economics of Ageing (x2), Journal of Family Issues, Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Journal of Labor Economics (x2), Journal of Labor Research, Nike, Review of Economics of the Household (x3), Review of Economics and Statistics, Social Indicators Research (x2)

FU ELLOWSHIP/HONORS______

One of the twenty best articles of 2008 in the annual Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research Competition, Center for Families at Purdue University and College Center for Work and Family, 2009 “The Working Spouse Penalty/Premium and Married Women’s Labor Supply”

RWJ Seed Grant, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies ($10,000), 2009 “Unemployment Insurance Policies and the Effects of Life-course Income, Wealth, and Employment Status on Late Life Health: Disentangling Causal Effects”

Scholarship to attend the RAND Summer Institute, 2006

Mini-Grant, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research ($5,000), 2006 “Rising Health Insurance Premiums and Job Displacement”

Faculty Research Fund, Union College ($2,447.67), 2005-06 “The Effects of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Saving”

GSAS Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship, Columbia University, 2000

Bradley Foundation Fellowship, 1995-96

President’s Fellow, Columbia University, 1994-96

President’s Fellow, Seoul National University, 1991

SU ERVICE______

Director of Undergraduate Research, Department of Economics, 2020-21

Liaison Committee for Admissions, 2020-23

Economics Department Search Committee, 2017-18

Liaison Committee on Study Abroad, 2017-20

Smoke/Tobacco Free Policy Implementation Group, 2015-16

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Liaison Committee for Campus Diversity, 2015-18

Chair, Department of Economics, 2011-14

Academic Affairs Council (Chair: Melinda Goldner), 2010-11

Ad Hoc Tenure Committee • Chair: Julius Barbanel, 2010 • Chair: Aaron Cass, 2014 • Chair: Younghwan Song, 2018

Internal Education Fund Committee (Chair: Mary Carroll), 2007-08

Union Coalition for Inclusiveness and Diversity, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2011-20

Economics Department Honors Thesis Director, 2007-08, 2009-10

Faculty Review Board (Chair: David Cotter), 2006-07

College Official Representative, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), 2006-2013

Economics Department Seminar Series Co-organizer, 2002-05, 2009-16

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