Suqin Ge is an Associate Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech. She obtained her Master in Economics from Fudan University and her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Ge's research focuses primarily on labor economics and Chinese economy. Her work has covered a wide range of topics including education, labor supply, wage structure, discrimination, migration and early child development. She has published in economics journals such as Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, and Journal of Applied Econometrics. She was awarded the U.S.

Dr. Seik Kim is an Associate Professor from the Department of Economics at Korea University. He obtained his Doctorate and Masters degree in Economics from Yale University, and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Seoul University. He served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of Korea University from 2013 to 2014, and at the University of Washington from 2007 to 2013. He sits in the Editorial Board of the Korean Economic Review since 2016.