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Mee Jung Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Sejong University, specializing in empirical economic analysis with a focus on entrepreneurship, firm dynamics, and policy impact evaluation. Her research bridges public administration and economic policy, with particular emphasis on how regulatory frameworks affect business formation and community development.
Her educational background includes a B.A. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2009), an M.A. from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University (2011), and a Ph.D. from George Mason University (2020). Prior to her academic career, she gained significant professional experience at major international institutions including the World Bank (as Junior Professional Associate 2011-2013 and Consultant in 2014) and the U.S. Census Bureau (as Researcher 2015-2020).
Dr. Kim's research interests center around policy impact evaluation, empirical economic analysis, and entrepreneurship studies, with particular focus on immigrant entrepreneurship, community reinvestment policies, and startup dynamics. Her work contributes to multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals through its examination of economic development and financial inclusion. Her publications consistently explore the intersection of public policy and business formation, with particular attention to how regulatory frameworks like the Community Reinvestment Act affect small business outcomes in underserved communities and how immigrant entrepreneurs contribute to innovation in the high-tech sector.
Her recent publications demonstrate a clear trajectory of increasingly sophisticated analysis of business formation and policy impacts, with her most recent work examining immigrant innovation patterns. Her research employs rigorous empirical methods including panel studies and fixed effects modeling to isolate causal relationships in complex economic systems.
Dr. Kim maintains active research collaboration with prominent scholars including J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Kyung Min Lee, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications. Her work has been cited extensively, with her 2019 paper on startup dynamics accumulating 9 Scopus citations and 67 Mendeley readers.
She is affiliated with Sejong University's Department of Public Administration, where she continues to develop research at the intersection of public policy and economic development. Her online presence includes a Google site and university profile page, indicating active engagement with both academic and policy communities.
