Bun Song Lee

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Associate Professor of Economics

UA Fort Smith

Also affiliated: University of Nebraska at Omaha (1984–1996); University of Seoul (1998–2020)

13 h-index 40 pubs 679 cited

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Bun Song Lee's research investigates the economic and demographic factors influencing labor markets and urban mobility. His work has explored the impact of an aging workforce on wages and productivity, particularly in the context of South Korea. He has also examined the relationships between elderly employment and labor market outcomes for younger and prime-age adults, utilizing Korean longitudinal and cross-sectional data. More recently, his research has focused on commuting patterns in U.S. cities, analyzing how demographic influences shape the use of public transportation, cycling, and walking. Lee's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 13, with 41 total publications and 673 total citations.

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h-index: 13
Publications: 40
Citations: 679

Positions

Associate Professor of Economics 2011–present

University of Arkansas – Fort Smith College of Business and Industry ORCID

Selected Publications

Commuting patterns and use of bus, cycling, and walking in small and medium-sized U.S. cities: an analysis of demographic influences (2025)

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives DOI OpenAlex
Who Commutes using Bus, Subway, Railroad, Cycling, and Walking in the U.S.? (2025)

SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
Aging workforce, wages, and productivity: Do older workers drag productivity down in Korea? (2023)

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 21 citations DOI OpenAlex
Relationships between elderly employment and labor market outcomes of young and prime-age adults: Evidence from Korean longitudinal and cross-sectional data (2021)

The Social Science Journal 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Factors delaying marriage in Korea: an analysis of the Korean population census data for 1990–2010 (2020)

Asian Population Studies 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
DETERMINANTS OF AGGLOMERATION IN KOREAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (2018)

The Singapore Economic Review 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Commuting time decisions for two-worker households in Korea (2018)

Regional Science and Urban Economics 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
CITY SIZE, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY AND WAGES IN KOREA (2017)

The Singapore Economic Review 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Changing trends in international marriages between Korean men and Southeast Asian women, 1993–2013 (2017)

Asian Population Studies 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Bus commuting, subway commuting, and walking to workplaces in US cities: Socioeconomic factors of transit commuters (2016)

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 7 citations DOI OpenAlex