2026 Jong-Wha Lee: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	56	964	860	3	3	258	52304

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

7666
Citations
International Comparisons of Educational Attainment

Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

7588
Citations
A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010

Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

7366
Citations
International data on educational attainment: updates and implications

Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

6115
Citations
International Data on Educational Attainment: Updates and Implications

Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

5082
Citations
International Comparisons of Educational Attainment

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

3674
Citations
International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality

Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

2121
Citations
Sources of Economic Growth

Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

1963
Citations
How Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Economic Growth

Eduardo Borensztein;Jose De Gregorio;Jong-Wha Lee

1566
Citations
International Data on Educational Attainment Updates and Implications

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

1450
Citations
A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010. NBER Working Paper No. 15902.

Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

1233
Citations
How Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Economic Growth

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

1203
Citations
Education and Income Inequality: New Evidence From Cross‐Country Data

José De Gregorio;Jong–Wha Lee

1201
Citations
Schooling Quality in a Cross Section of Countries

Jong–Wha Lee;Robert J. Barro

1119
Citations
IMF Programs: who is chosen and what are the effects?

Robert J. Barro;Jong Wha Lee

1101
Citations
Capital goods imports and long-run growth

Jong Wha Lee

742
Citations
A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010

Robert Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

718
Citations
Losers and Winners in Economic Growth

Robert J. Barro;Jong-Wha Lee

671
Citations
Government Interventions and Productivity Growth

Jong Wha Lee

458
Citations
Human capital in the long run

Jong Wha Lee;Hanol Lee

457
Citations
Trade Barriers and Trade Flows across Countries and Industries

Jong Wha Lee;Phillip Swagel

444
Citations
International Trade, Distortions, and Long-Run Economic Growth

Jong-Wha Lee

421
Citations
Globalization and Disease: The Case of SARS

Jong-Wha Lee;Warwick J. McKibbin

385
Citations
Globalization and Disease: The Case of SARS*

Jane Hyo Jin Lee;Warwick McKibbin

371
Citations
Schooling Quality in a Cross Section of Countries

Jong-Wha Lee;Robert Barro

181
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Barro Harvard University

Kwanho Shin Korea University

Warwick J. McKibbin Australian National University

Jose De Gregorio University of Chile

Eduardo Borensztein Inter-American Development Bank

Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University

Takatoshi Ito Columbia University

Marcus Noland Peterson Institute for International Economics

Moon-Sung Kang Sangmyung University

Hyungjun Kim Yonsei University

External Links

Wikipedia of Jong-Wha Lee Personal website of Jong-Wha Lee Google Scholar page

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