BooKang Seol

I will be a Postdoctoral Fellow in Economic Development Policy at LSE ID starting this fall. My research interests are development economics, applied microeconomics, and economic history. 

I graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Economics in 2013 and with MPA/ID (International Development) in 2017. I received a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 2023. 

My CV is here. You can reach me at: bookang.seol@columbia.edu

I will be presenting at the following conferences/seminars. I look forward to connecting with you!

• 4/27: The Korean Association of Applied Economics / DEEP (SNU)

• 4/28: Development Rookiefest (Northwestern)

• 6/25-6/30: The CAGE Summer School 2023: Culture, history, and development (Univ. of Warwick)

• 7/4-7/5: The Korean Economic Review International Conference

• 7/14-7/15: The Asian Economic Dev. Conference (Univ. of Tokyo)

• 7/20-7/22: The 9th World Congress of Cliometrics (Trinity College)