Hyun Ju Kim

Education
- B.A, Korean History, Korea University, 2008
- M.P.P., Public Policy, George Mason University, 2011
- Ph.D., Public Policy, George Mason University, 2021
Professional Background
Hyun Ju Kim joined the Institute on Disability (IOD) at University of New Hampshire in October of 2022. She is working on the NIDILRR-funded Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) program. Hyun Ju’s research interests include quantitively evaluating anti-poverty programs with a focus on women’s empowerment and intrahousehold dynamics. She plans to identify time use and employment barriers of people with disabilities highlighting female workers and caregivers. She is also working on several projects with faculty at IOD, including an analysis on the effects of Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income on poverty with respect to race, ethnicity, and gender. Before joining the IOD, she worked at the World Bank as a consultant and conducted research on structural profiles of informality in the labor markets of the Middle East and North African region.
Research Interests
- Labor Economics
- Labor Market/Unemployment
- Labor Market/Women and Minorities
- Persistent poverty
- Poverty and the Poor
- Women and gender
- Women, work and motherhood
- Women's labor force participation
- Work and family policy