Dr. Kim is a Project Director III at UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) whose research interest includes quantitatively evaluating Social Security disability programs with a focus on economic mobility and financial security for vulnerable populations by race/ethnicity, gender, and immigrant status. When she joined IOD as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in 2022, she analyzed the impact of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on poverty during economic shocks comparing the Great Recession and the COVID pandemic recession. She intends to expand her research to investigate the food security among participants of SSI and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), barriers and facilitators of using Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts among SSI recipients, and ethnic network effects among immigrant populations with disabilities in applying for SSDI/SSI. Prior to joining IOD, Dr. Kim 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
Selected Publications
Brucker, D. L., Kim, H. J., & Potvin, B. E. (2025). Is participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program associated with physical food security among people aged 16 to 64 with disabilities in the U.S.?. Disabil Health J, 101831. doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2025.101831
Kim, H. J., Jablonski, E., Brucker, D. L., Chen, A., O’Neill, J., Houtenville, A. J., & Katz, E. E. (2024). What structural and cultural organizational characteristics affect flexible work environments? Evidence from the 2017 and 2022 Kessler Foundation National Employment & Disability Survey: Supervisor perspectives. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 61(3), 410-424. doi:10.1177/10522263241283634
Kim, H. J., Lee, H. M., Cheon, H., & Ko, H. (2023). Differential impacts of reduced worktime on work-life balance in Korea.. PLoS One, 18(11), e0294247. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0294247
