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Hee Kwon (Samuel) Seo

Economist, Development Impact (DIME), Development Economics

Hee Kwon (Samuel) Seo is a development economist in the Development Impact (DIME) department of the World Bank Group.  He completed a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics at Harvard University and PhD in economics at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.  His current research focuses on climate change economics, labor economics, and inclusive development.


Publications
  • with Tamma Carleton, Amir Jina, Michael Delgado, Michael Greenstone, Trevor Houser, Solomon Hsiang, Andrew Hultgren, Robert E. Kopp, Kelly McCusker, Ishan Nath, James Rising, Ashwin Rode, Arvid Viaene, Jiacan Yuan, and Alice Tianbo Zhang. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 137(4): 2037-2105 (2022).
  • with Justin Leung. Journal of Public Economics 217: 104760 (2023).


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Climate Change
  • Human Development
  • Inclusive Growth
  • Energy
  • Environment