Jiwan Lee PhD candidate, Columbia University

Welcome! I am a doctoral candidate at the School of Social Work, Columbia University. I study poverty and the implications of social policies on the economic and social well-being of families and children. My dissertation investigates how state Paid Family Leave impacts mothers’ employment and the economic security of families with newborn children. I also study Child Tax Credits (CTC), Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

I hold an MSW from Seoul National University and a BA from the Sogang University School of Political Science. I am originally from Korea, and prior to my doctoral study, I worked at the Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD) and the Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA). When not working on research, I enjoy planting, cooking, and working out at the gym.

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Email: jiwanlee@columbia.edu

Selected Publications

Lee, J., Michelmore, K., Pilkauskas, N., & Wimer, C. (2024). Effects of the Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for Childless Young Adults on Material Wellbeing (No. w32571). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Cha, E., Lee, J., & Tao, S. (2023). Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit and Its Expiration on Adult Psychological Well-being. Social Science & Medicine, 116101.
Schild, J., Collyer, S. M., Garner, T., Kaushal, N., Lee, J., Waldfogel, J., & Wimer, C. T. (2023). Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Spending: Estimates Based on US Consumer Expenditure Survey Data (No. w31412). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Choi, H., & Lee, J. (2023). A Comprehensive Literature Review of the Impact of Child Tax Credit/Child Allowance in the United States and South Korea. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.

Selected Research Briefs

Lee, J. Acevedo-Garcia, D., Collyer, S., Joshi, P., Kaushal, N., Walters, A. N., & Wimer, C. (2024). The Role of Government Transfers in the Child Poverty Gap by Race and Ethnicity: A Focus on Black, Latino, and White Children. Poverty and Social Policy Brief, vol. 8, no. 2. Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University and Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy, Brandeis University.
Lee, J., Collyer, S., Curran, M., Harris, D., & Wimer, C. (2023). Counting children fully in Economic Impact Payments and other cash assistance policies matters for poverty reduction. Poverty and Social Policy Brief, vol. 7, no. 5. Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University.
Wimer, C, Collyer, S., Harris, D., & Lee, J. (2022). The 2021 Child Tax Credit expansion: child poverty reduction and the children formerly left behind. Poverty and Social Policy Brief, vol. 6 no. 8. Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University.