Hyejin Ku is Associate Professor of Economics at University College London and Project Leader at the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin Institute for the Economy and the Future of Work (RFBerlin). She received her PhD in Economics from Cornell University, USA. She is affiliated with the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA). Her research interests are in labor economics and applied microeconomics. Her recent work has focused on the effects of incentive schemes and workplace policies on productivity, career progression and inequality, and on the economics of immigration. More recently, her research has focused on knowledge creation and technology adoption, in particular the implications of China's scientific rise.