Sam Il Myoung Hwang

Sam Il Myoung Hwang is an Assistant Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on empirical industrial organization and market design, particularly evaluating school choice mechanisms. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago (2015).
His research spans structural econometric modeling and causal inference, with notable contributions analyzing historical census data, kinship effects, and housing market dynamics. He has published in leading journals like the American Economic Review: Insights and the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Hwang's current work explores education market design and peer effects in South Korea, leveraging machine learning for historical data improvement. He teaches courses in microeconomics and econometrics, contributing to both academic research and policy discussions.