Kijong Kim is a research scholar in the Gender Equality and the Economy program at the Levy Economics Institute. His current research interests lie in two areas: gendered macro modeling and employment impact assessment. The former topic covers strengthening gender aspect of macroeconomic modeling, which includes incorporating time-use data into Social Accounting Matrix and gender-oriented macro models. The second area, employment assessment, includes input-output analysis for employment impact of various fiscal policies including expanded public works program in South Africa and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the U.S. He has taught microeconomics, macroeconomics, and environmental economics at the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University, a newly established graduate program in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College.

Kijong received his B.S. in Economics from Korea University and Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, St. Paul.