Boyoon Lee
Assistant Professor
She/Her
PhD (Pennsylvania State University); MA (Pennsylvania State University); BA (Korea University)
Political Studies
Comparative Politics
Assistant Professor
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, C408
Research Interests
Comparative politics, particularly focusing on public opinion and the political economy of migration.
Brief Biography
My scholarship is situated in comparative politics, particularly focusing on public opinion and the political economy of migration. Specifically, I study the determinants of migration-related preferences and attitudes as well as how socio-economic inequality is intertwined with migration decisions and behaviors, with a regional focus on Asia and the Americas. Methodologically, my research employs various types of experiments and causal inference methods for observational data.
I am currently working on four major projects on the politics of immigration in East Asia and Latin America, which focus on (1) pathways through which political elites influence attitudes towards immigrants (e.g., educational content, political speech, historical narratives, and institutions), (2) sources of discrimination against migrants who share similar backgrounds (e.g., return migrants and co-ethnic migrants), (3) the link between migration and inequality (e.g., unequal impacts of climate change or the housing market), and (4) economic motivations behind migration preferences (e.g., firms' preferences).
Teaching
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Selected Publications
Boyoon Lee. 2023. “Educational Content, Exclusive National Identity, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes” Journal of Politics 85(4):1182-1197.
Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, and Boyoon Lee. 2022. “Income-based inequality in post-disaster migration is lower in high resilience areas: Evidence from U.S. internal migration” Environmental Research Letters 17: 034043.
Dong Hun Kim, and Boyoon Lee. 2015. “Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Political Economy of Global Financial Order” (in Korean). OUGHTOPIA: The Journal of Social Paradigm Studies 30(1): 35-59.
Boyoon Lee, and Dong Hun Kim. 2015. “Economic Inequality, National Identity, and the Social Policy Preferences in South Korea” (in Korean.) Korea and World Politics 31(2): 149-176.
Boyoon Lee. “The Moderating Role of Country-of-Origin Stereotypes on Attitudes towards Immigrants”
Boyoon Lee. “Relational Asians? Conjoint Analysis of Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Three Asian Countries"
Boyoon Lee. “Immobile Capital: The Impact of High Skill Intensive Firms on Immigration Policy”
Boyoon Lee. “Who Fits in Better? The Public View of Immigrant Assimilation”
Oscar Castorena, Boyoon Lee, Noam Lupu, and Elizabeth Zechmeister. “Attitudes toward Returnees: A Conjoint Experiment Assessing Stigma toward Migrants who Return to Guatemala”
Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, Guilherme Fasolin, and Boyoon Lee. “Natural Hazards Threat and Early Marriage for Women and Girls: Case Study of Latin America”
Boyoon Lee. “How Housing Affordability Concerns Affect Attitudes towards Immigrants”
Jongwoo Jeong, Boyoon Lee, and Minjee Sun. “The Impact of Business Engagement in Refugee Hiring on Consumer Attitudes and Social Inclusion”
Seungwoo Han, Taegyoon Kim, and Boyoon Lee. “Anti-Immigration Discourses in National Congress in South Korea”
Boyoon Lee. “Reelection, Accountability, and Out-migration Decision”
Boyoon Lee. “Historical Narratives and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes”