Woojin is a Research Fellow at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics and is currently working on the IDRC (Canada) and NCAER (India) funded project on Rural Governance and Inclusive Growth (led by Prof. Raghbendra Jha). He recently completed PhD research at the University of Manchester, UK, entitled ‘A Microeconometric Analysis of the Welfare of Households in Vietnam and China: Poverty, Vulnerability and Inequality’.

Research interests

Applied Econometrics, Poverty Dynamics and Vulnerability, Growth and Inequality, Malnutrition, Policy and Programme Evaluation.

His research findings have been disseminated at several international conferences such as the UN's World Civic Forum in 2009 where he was also invited to act as a discussant at the UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA)'s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) workshop. In the past, he undertook the research projects for the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (led by Prof. Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi) and the project for the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI) (led by Dr. Katsushi Imai, University of Manchester).

Publications

• ‘Fiscal Stimulus, Agricultural Growth and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region: Evidence from Panel Data’ The World Economy, forthcoming (with K. Imai, R. Gaiha and G. Thapa)
• ‘Pro-Poor Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Rural Vietnam:’ Journal of Asian Economics, forthcoming (with K. Imai)
• ‘Vulnerability and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam’ (2011) Applied Economics, 43(25) (with K. Imai and R. Gaiha)
• ‘Poverty, Inequality and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam’ (2011) International Review of Applied Economics, 25(3) (with K. Imai and R. Gaiha)
• ‘Poverty and Vulnerability in Rural China: Effects of Taxation’ (2010) Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 8(4) (with K. Imai and X. Wang)

Working papers/journal submissions

• ‘Fiscal Decentralization and Local Tax Effort’ (with R. Jha and H. K. Nagarajan) ASARC Working Paper 2011/01 currently under review
• ‘Savings, Investment and Current Account Surplus in Asia’ (with K. Imai, R. Gaiha and G. Thapa), Manchester Economic Discussion Paper Series EDP-1001, currently under review
• ‘Risks and Households’ Responses in India’ (with R. Jha and H. K. Nagarajan)
• ‘Poverty and Vulnerability in India: A Distributional Analysis’ (with R. Jha and H. K. Nagarajan)
• ‘Education and Child Labour in India’ (with R. Jha and H. K. Nagarajan)

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