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Hyungsoo Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Sciences at the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky. He joined UK in 2002 after completing postdoctoral training at the University of Georgia's Department of Housing and Consumer Economics, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2008. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Agriculture & Natural Resource Economics from Kyoto University (2000).
Dr. Kim's educational background includes:
- Ph.D. in Agriculture & Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University (2000)
- M.S. in Agriculture & Natural Resource Economics, Kyoto University (1997)
- B.S. in Food Science & Technology, Chungang University (1983)
His research focuses on financial security across life stages, particularly examining the intersection of health conditions and financial burdens. Dr. Kim investigates how chronic health problems affect retirement savings, the relationship between health events and consumer debt, and interventions to improve financial literacy and noncognitive skills for better financial outcomes. His work often explores self-regulation mechanisms in financial behaviors, with specific attention to demographic differences including race/ethnicity, gender, and age groups.
Analysis of Dr. Kim's publication record from 2003-2023 reveals a consistent focus on wealth economics, retirement planning, and health-financial interactions. His recent work (2019-2023) increasingly examines psychological dimensions of financial behavior, including the relationship between debt and psychological distress in young adults, and how health literacy affects wealth disparities among older populations. His research employs sophisticated econometric methods including fixed effects models and survival analysis.
Dr. Kim's scientific recognition includes:
- Richard L. D. Morse Mid-Career Award (2014)
- AARP Public Policy Institute's: Financial Services and The Older Consumer Award (2007)
Dr. Kim has secured significant research funding, including a project titled 'Retiring Poor in New Jersey: The Projected Expenditures of State Government' (2015) and participation in the Child Poverty Nutrition Center project funded by the US Department of Agriculture (2015-2019). He has mentored numerous graduate students whose research interests include debt in young adults, cross-cultural differences in retirement planning, and extension program effects on financial and health literacy. During his sabbatical in 2009, he collaborated with Columbia University on developing noncognitive and motivational research for retirement savings, and he served on the Board of Directors of the American Council on Consumer Interests (2010-2013).
