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Jong-Wha Lee

Jong-Wha Lee

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Economics and Finance
Korea
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
56
Citations
52304
World Ranking
964
National Ranking
3

Jong-Wha Lee publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jong-Wha Lee sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 258 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Jong-Wha Lee D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jong-Wha Lee sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Korea Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Jong-Wha Lee is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences, particularly economics, econometrics, and finance. Their work spans several important subfields, including economics and econometrics, demography, general health professions, sociology and political science, and education.

Their research focuses on key topics such as retirement, disability, and employment, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, economic growth and productivity, fiscal policy and economic growth, work-family balance challenges, school choice and performance, and employment and welfare studies.

Recent publications by Jong-Wha Lee include:

  • Service Sector Productivity and Economic Growth in Asia, 2021, published in ANU Open Research (Australian National University)
  • Aging labor, ICT capital, and productivity in Japan and Korea, 2020, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
  • Can older workers stay productive? The role of ICT skills and training, 2021, Journal of Asian Economics
  • Patterns and determinants of intergenerational educational mobility: Evidence across countries, 2020, Pacific Economic Review
  • Aging Labor, ICT Capital, and Productivity in Japan and Korea, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Jong-Wha Lee collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including Do Won Kwak, Eunbi Song, Hanol Lee, Warwick J. McKibbin, and Yong Jin Kim. The frequent publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Asian Economic Policy Review, ANU Open Research (Australian National University), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, and Journal of Asian Economics.

Best Publications

  • How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth

    E. Borensztein;J. De Gregorio;Jong-Wha Lee

  • International Comparisons of Educational Attainment

    Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

  • A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010

    Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

  • International data on educational attainment: updates and implications

    Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

  • International Data on Educational Attainment: Updates and Implications

    Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

  • International Comparisons of Educational Attainment

    Robert J. Barro;Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

  • International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality

    Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

  • Sources of Economic Growth

    Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

  • How Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Economic Growth

    Eduardo Borensztein;Jose De Gregorio;Jong-Wha Lee

  • International Data on Educational Attainment Updates and Implications

    Robert J. Barro;Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

  • A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010. NBER Working Paper No. 15902.

    Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

  • How Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Economic Growth

    Eduardo Borensztein;Jose de Gregorio;Jose de Gregorio;Jose de Gregorio;Jong-Wha Lee

  • Education and Income Inequality: New Evidence From Cross‐Country Data

    José De Gregorio;Jong–Wha Lee

  • Schooling Quality in a Cross Section of Countries

    Jong–Wha Lee;Robert J. Barro

  • IMF Programs: who is chosen and what are the effects?

    Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

  • Capital goods imports and long-run growth

    Jong Wha Lee

  • A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010

    Robert Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

  • Losers and Winners in Economic Growth

    Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

  • Government Interventions and Productivity Growth

    Jong Wha Lee

  • Human capital in the long run

    Jong Wha Lee;Hanol Lee

  • Trade Barriers and Trade Flows across Countries and Industries

    Jong Wha Lee;Phillip Swagel

  • International Trade, Distortions, and Long-Run Economic Growth

    Jong-Wha Lee

  • Globalization and Disease: The Case of SARS

    Jong-Wha Lee;Warwick J. McKibbin

  • Globalization and Disease: The Case of SARS*

    Jane Hyo Jin Lee;Warwick McKibbin

  • Schooling Quality in a Cross Section of Countries

    Jong-Wha Lee;Robert Barro

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Barro
Robert J. Barro Harvard University
Kwanho Shin
Kwanho Shin Korea University
Warwick J. McKibbin
Warwick J. McKibbin Australian National University
Jose De Gregorio
Jose De Gregorio University of Chile
Eduardo Borensztein
Eduardo Borensztein Inter-American Development Bank
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University
Takatoshi Ito
Takatoshi Ito Columbia University
Marcus Noland
Marcus Noland Peterson Institute for International Economics
Moon-Sung Kang
Moon-Sung Kang Sangmyung University
Hyungjun Kim
Hyungjun Kim Yonsei University

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