Hello! I'm Jungmin
Dissertation research focuses on
the socio-political
nature of disaster impacts
& the role of disaster management policies
such as National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Heat Island Mitigation practices in reducing
societal impacts
Data Analysis
Highly experienced in
data analysis and applying panel data methods and count & limited dependent variable models. Also skilled in data visualization & mapping
using Tableau or QGIS.
Jungmin Lim, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Ph.D. & M.S. Environment & Resource Economics, Michigan State University
B.A. Agricultural Economics
Seoul National University, South Korea
Areas of Specialization
Environmental and Resource Economics
Climate Change and Energy
Economics of Disasters & Disaster Policy Urban, Rural & Regional Economics
Panel Data Analysis
Areas of current research
Climate Change and
Energy Economics
Low-carbon Energy System
Emissions Trading Scheme
Impact of Climate Change and Extreme Events
Adaptation Measures
Resiliency
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
M.S / Ph. D. Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics
August 2018
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Overall GPA: 3.97/4.0
Ph.D. Field: Environmental and Resource Economics
Advisor: Mark Skidmore
B.A. Agricultural Economics
February 2010
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. Overall GPA: 3.72/4.3
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Huang Z., J. Lim, and M. Skidmore. "The Impacts of Heat and Air Pollution on Mortality in the United States", forthcoming in Weather, Climate, and Society
Luo Z. and J. Lim (2024). "An Empirical Analysis on Emissions Reduction Effect and Main Reduction Drivers of China's Carbon Emissions Trading Pilot", Journal of Climate Change Research
Luo Z. and J. Lim (2023). "The Nonlinear Effect of Population Aging and Socio-economic Conditions on Carbon Emission: An Empirical Analysis of 30 Provinces and Regions in China", Journal of the Korean Data Analysis Society
J. Lim and D. Kim (2021). "A Study on Korea’s Remaining GHG Emissions Allowance and Capped-Emissions Trajectories under the Paris Agreement Goal", Journal of Climate Change Research
Jungmin Lim (2021). "Estimating the Cost of Emission Reductions by Analyzing Clean Development Mechanism Projects in Peru", Journal of Climate Change Research
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore (2020). “Heat Vulnerability and Heat Island Mitigation in the United States”, Atmosphere, 11(6), 558. doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060558
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore (2019). “Flood Fatalities in the United States: the Roles of Socioeconomic Factors and the National Flood Insurance Program.” Southern Economic Journal, 85(4), 1032-1057.
doi.org/10.1002/soej.12330
Lim, J., Loveridge, S., Shupp, R., & Skidmore, M. (2017). “Double Danger In the Double Wide: Dimensions of Poverty, Housing Quality and Tornado Impacts.” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 65, 1-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.04.003
Shupp, R., Loveridge, S., Skidmore, M., Lim, J., & Rogers, C. (2017). “Risk, Loss, and Ambiguity Aversion after a Natural Disaster.” Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 1(2), 121-142.
doi: 10.1007/s41885-017-0013-2
Shupp, R., Loveridge, S., Skidmore, M., Lim, J., & Rogers, C. (2017). "Trust and Patience after a Tornado." Weather, Climate, and Society 9(4), 659-668. doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-16-0135.1
Other Academic Publications
Skidmore, M. and J. Lim. (2020) “Natural Disasters and their Impact on Cities.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies. Ed. Richardson Dilworth. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore. (2019) "Disaster Risk and Policies in the United States." Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Lim, J., M. Skidmore, and W. Dyar. (2018) “The Role of Manufactured Homes in Meeting Rural Housing Needs” Rural Connections, Spring 2018, 13-16.
Dyar, W., J. Lim, and M. Skidmore. (2017) "Manufactured Home Living Across Rural America.” Chapter 10 in Albrecht, Don, Scott Loveridge, Stephan Goetz, and Rachel Welborn, (eds.) Rural Housing and Economic Development. London: Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351706308
Work in Progress
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore, “Does the State Tax Policy Contribute to the Growing Demand for Manufactured Homes?”
Research Experience
Korea Energy Economics Institute, Climate Change Research Team
Sep. 2019 - Feb. 2021
Associate Research Fellow at the Climate Change Research Team of Energy Transition Policy Research Group in Korea Energy Economics Institute from September 2019.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate for NCRCRD & Morris Chair
Sep. 2018 - Aug. 2019
Work for North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) and the Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy at Michigan State University. Major duties include: conducting research and preparing refereed journal articles, writing policy briefs, and developing grant proposals with a focus on enhancing community resilience to natural disasters and other types of shocks.
M.S./ Ph.D Research
Aug. 2012 - Aug. 2018
With an integrated view of the physical, social, economic, and political elements of disaster vulnerability, each of three essays analyzes disaster fatalities from tornadoes, flood, and heat waves at the U.S. county level, examines various dimensions of disaster vulnerability, and highlight the role of disaster management policies (National Flood Insurance Program, local government spending on public safety/protection, heat island mitigation policies) in reducing the loss of life.
Graduate Research Assistant
Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2018
Assisted Dr. Mark Skidmore and the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development.
Major position responsibilities include:
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Extensive data collection & analyses on the historical state and subnational government fiscal & employment data, socio-economic, demographic, housing data from U.S. Census, and historical severe weather data from NOAA,
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Conducting analyses for the Oklahoma tornado survey study (NSF RAPID grant) examining the impact of disasters on time, risk, and trust preferences
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Co-writing a book chapter/article on the increasing demand for manufactured homes (MH) in rural areas and a peer-reviewed paper analyzing the role of tax policy on MH demand.
Research Assistant at Korea Rural Economic Institute
Feb. 2010 – Dec. 2010
Worked for the Agricultural Trade Team and assisted in research projects related to the trade agreement, such as FTA and DDA. Major projects included an economic analysis of the non-tariff measures of agri-food products in Korea, and a comparative analysis on the DDA negotiations on the forestry area and study for improving a subsidy.
Conference Presentations (*indicates presenter)
Lim, J.* and M. Skidmore. (2018) Does State Tax Policy Contribute to the Growing Demand for Manufactured Homes? Presentation at Annual Conference on Taxation (NTA). New Orleans, LA, November 15-17.
Lim, J.*, M. Skidmore, and J. Wooldridge. (2018) Growing Heat Vulnerability in an Aging Society: The Potential Role of Heat Island Mitigation Measures.
Presentation at North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (NARSC).
San Antonio, TX, November 7-10, 2018.
Presentation at Graduate Research Symposium in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, March 29-30, 2018.
Presentation at Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA). Philadelphia, PA, March 15-17, 2018.
Presentation at Regional Science Association International (RSAI) 10th Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit on Applied Economics and Regional Science (AERS). Columbus, OH, April 21-22, 2017.
Lim, J.* and M. Skidmore. (2017). Human components of flood impacts in the United States: Economic status, housing, and government. Presentation at Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) 56th Annual Meeting. Santa Fe, NM, February 15-18.
Lim, J.*, Loveridge, S., Shupp, R., & Skidmore, M. (2015). Double danger in the double wide: Dimensions of poverty, housing quality and tornado impacts. Presentation at Mid-Continent Regional Science Association (MCRSA) 46th Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO, May 27-29.
Shupp, R., Loveridge, S., Skidmore, M.*, Lim, J., & Rogers, C. (2015). Natural Disasters and Their Impacts on Risk and time Preferences: The 2013 Moore Oklahoma Tornado. Presentation at Mid-Continent Regional Science Association (MCRSA) 46th Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO, May 27-29.
Professional Service
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. March 2018.
Reviewer, a proposal for grant program in North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD). April 2016.
Secretary-Treasurer of Graduate Student Organization in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. Michigan State University. September 2014 to August 2015.
Cited in Media Outlets
Mary Elizabeth Dallas. “Climate Change Could Be Catastrophic for Mobile Homes: Study.” U.S. News & World Report, May 9, 2017. (LINK)
Marshall Shepherd. “A New Study Explores the Complexities of Tornadoes, Risk, Poverty, And Housing.” Forbes Magazine. May 3, 2017. (LINK)
Professional Development
Creating Effective Learning Communities. Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network, Online Interactive Workshop, October 17 & 31, 2018.
Getting Ready to Teach in the American Classroom. Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network, Online Interactive Workshop, October 3, 2018.
Spatial Econometrics. Summer program in quantitative methods of social research, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Ann Arbor, MI, July 2017.
References
Mark Skidmore
Director of NCRCRD & Morris Chair
Professor, Economics / Agricultural, Food, & Resource Economics
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 353-9172
Email: mskidmor@msu.edu
Scott Loveridge
Interim Chair of Fisheries and Wildlife
Professor, Agricultural. Food, & Resource Economics
Extension Specialist
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 432-9969
Email: loverid2@msu.edu
Jeffrey Wooldridge
University Distinguished Professor
Depart of Economics
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 353-5972
Email: Wooldri1@msu.edu
Robert Shupp
Associate Professor
Agricultural. Food, & Resource Economics
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 432-2754
Email: shupprob@msu.edu
RESEARCH
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore. "Does State Tax Policy Contribute to the Growing Demand for Manufactured Homes?” Working paper.
Manufactured homes (MHs) are increasingly filling affordable housing needs across America. In 1950, only 1% of households lived in manufactured homes. By 1980, that figure had increased to 4.8% and was 6.8% of total housing stock by 2010. Total units of manufactured homes more than doubled over the period 1980–2010 from 3.9 million to 8.7 million, providing homes for about 22 million people. Previous research offers little regarding what has driven this trend. In particular, the role of favorable tax treatment as a possible explanation for the growth manufactured home living is one of the most relevant but understudied issues. This offers an empirical assessment of the effect of favorable MH tax policy on the growing popularity of manufactured home living in the US, taking into account increasing property tax burdens and the widening price gap between traditional site-built homes and MHs. We examine the determinants of the growth in manufactured housing, using county-level decennial panel data from 1980 to 2010, controlling for the county-fixed effect and the county-specific trend effect (the random trend model) as well as year and state-by-year fixed effects. We consider a range of potential economic and demographic drivers as well as two types of tax breaks for manufactured homes: i) property tax exemptions for manufactured homes located in mobile home parks; and ii) sales tax breaks for personal property manufactured homes. Our results suggest that tax breaks combined with an increased relative affordability of MHs are responsible for about a quarter of the total MH share in the 41 states with such tax breaks over the 1980–2010 period. That is, added affordability due to favorable tax treatment is responsible for about 3.3 million more households living in MHs over the period. Findings suggest important policy implications regarding taxation of manufactured homes.
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore. “Heat Vulnerability and Heat Island Mitigation in the United States” Atmosphere, 11(6), 558. [LINK]
Heat waves are the deadliest type of natural hazard among all weather extremes in the United States. Given the observed and anticipated increase in heat risks associated with ongoing climate change, this study seeks to understand community vulnerability and identify the determinants of heat-related fatalities. This research offers an empirical examination of the degree to which Heat Island Mitigation (HIM) actions by state/local governments reduce heat-related fatalities. The analysis uses all heat events that occurred over the 1996-2011 period as the scale of United States (U.S.) counties to model U.S. nationwide heat vulnerability. Results show that: 1) higher income reduces extreme heat vulnerability, while poverty intensifies it; 2) living in mobile homes or rental homes heightens susceptibility to extreme heat; 3) increased heat vulnerability due to the growth of the elderly population is predicted to result in a two-fold increase in heat-related fatalities by 2030; and 4) community Heat Island Mitigation measures reduce heat intensities and thus heat-related fatalities. Findings show that an additional locally implemented measure reduces the annual death rate by 15%. A falsification test rules out the possibility of spurious inference on the life-saving role of Heat Island Mitigation measures. Overall, these findings inform efforts to protect the most vulnerable population subgroups and guide future policies to counteract the growing risk of deadly heat waves.
Lim, J. and M. Skidmore. “Flood Fatalities in the United States: the Roles of Economic Status, Housing, and the National Flood Insurance Program.” Southern Economic Journal, vol. 85, issue 4, 1032-1057 [LINK]
Flooding is the most frequent disaster type among all severe weather events in the United States. Over the 20-year period from 1996-2015, a total of 107,743 floods resulted in 1,563 fatalities and over $167 billion in damages. Climate models suggest the risk of major flooding will increase in the coming years. In this paper, we provide new analysis of the life-saving role of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) using county level data for the United States over the years 1996-2015. The integrated view of the physical, social, economic, and political elements of disaster vulnerability guides the empirical analysis. My analysis indicates that people most affected by floods are those who have weaker economic and social bases; lower education levels and poor housing quality increase flood vulnerability. We also find that local government spending on public safety and welfare significantly reduces overall flood vulnerability. Importantly, my estimates present new evidence that ex-ante floodplain management and mitigation efforts required for participation in the NFIP have played a vital role in reducing flood-related fatalities.
Lim, J., Loveridge, S., Shupp, R., & Skidmore, M. (2017). “Double Danger In the Double Wide: Dimensions of Poverty, Housing Quality and Tornado Impacts.” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 65, 1-15. [LINK]
Tornadoes are the most frequent of the natural hazards in the United States, causing significant yearly human and economic losses. Given the potential destructive power of tornado events and their largely unpredictable nature, it is important to identify the major determinants of vulnerability. To date, only a limited number of studies have empirically investigated the determinants of tornado-induced deaths. Based on a conceptual framework where risk is considered to be a function of physically defined natural hazards and socially constructed vulnerability, we extend previous empirical studies by examining a wider range of potential socioeconomic, governmental, and housing factors that determine tornado-induced fatalities. Using detailed county level data for years 1980–2014, we find that counties with higher per capita income and per capita government spending on public safety and welfare have fewer deaths, whereas counties with greater income disparity are more vulnerable to tornadoes. We explore which aspects of poverty seem most associated with fatalities. Housing quality (measured by mobile homes as a proportion of housing units) is a critical factor in explaining tornado-induced fatalities.
Cited in Media Outlets
Mary Elizabeth Dallas. “Climate Change Could Be Catastrophic for Mobile Homes: Study.” U.S. News & World Report, May 9, 2017. (LINK)
Marshall Shepherd. “A New Study Explores the Complexities of Tornadoes, Risk, Poverty, And Housing.” Forbes Magazine. May 3, 2017. (LINK)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Stata
Mathematica & Gams
Tableau & QGIS
English - Fluent, Korean - Native