Dr. Mina Kim is a Research Economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, where she supports the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions program. Previously she supported the Office of Prices and Living Conditions program. She is also a board member of the National Economic Education Delegation,

which seeks to engage Ph.D. economists in helping to improve economic literacy for all, and a Research Associate at the Globalization Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and her B.A. from Swarthmore College. Her research interests generally center on the effects of globalization on firms. Most recently she has been looking at the impact of import competition on the organization of firms. Other research interests include automation and the changing nature of work. Given her position, she has extensive experience working with both administrative data and “big” data.