Open to data & research roles · Atlanta, GA
Hi, I'm Eun Joo Kwon
Public finance researcher by trainning. Happiest when digging into messy data. 7+ years of experience working with local finance, education, and administrative datasets. Currently living in Atlanta, GA with cats named Brighton and Tabitha, occasionally visited by Bjorn.
R
SQL
Python
Stata
Excel
ArcGIS Pro
Qualtrics
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What I do
01
Build the data
- Data cleaning & validation
- Multi-source data integration
- Workflow automation
- Web scraping, PDF parsing
02
Model underlying dynamics
- Trend analysis, regression and panel modeling, time series forecasting
- Causal inference: difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, synthetic control, event study
- Survey design
- Topic modeling (Latent Dirichlet Allocation; LDA)
- Geospatial analysis
03
Turning numbers to impact
- Technical writing
- Data visualization
- Stakeholder briefings
- Policy memoranda
- Peer-reviewed publication
Selected work
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Georgia School District Financial Conditions
Panel measures of district financial condition assembled from state agency downloads, NCES, and Census ACS/SAIPE.
Fiscal Health
School District Borrowing Costs
True interest costs on district debt, built by matching 266,000 municipal bond issues to 11,831 districts across 36 states.
Borrowing Costs
Education Outcomes in Georgia
Achievement effects of contracting out, using SEDA outcomes on an analysis-ready district panel.
Education Outcomes