Su Shin portrait
  • Director, Financial Planning
  • Associate Professor, Family And Consumer Studies
801-581-6521

Publications

  • Zan Hua & Su Hyun Shin (2022). The positive impact of informal spousal caregiving on the physical activity of older adults. Frontiers in Public Health. Sec. Health Economics. Published, 12/16/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.977846
  • HanNa Lim, Su Hyun Shin & Hyunjung Ji (2022). The effect of natural disasters on household economic hardship during a pandemic. The Journal of Consumer Affairs. Published, 08/10/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12480
  • Hyunjung Ji, Su Hyun Shin, Annah Rogers, Jessica Neese & Hee Yun Lee (2022). Racial/Ethnic disparities in drug use during the COVID 19 pandemic: Moderating effects of non-profit substance use disorder service expenditures. PLOS ONE. Vol. 17(6). Published, 06/30/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270238
  • Su Hyun Shin, Emily A. Behrens , Patricia A. Parmelee & Giyeon Kim (2022). The role of purpose in life in the relationship between widowhood and cognitive decline among older adults in the U.S. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Vol. 30(3), 383-391. Published, 03/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.07.010
  • Su Hyun Shin, Cheryl Wright & Susan Johnston (2021). Early life experiences moderate the relationship between genetic risk of autism and current and lifetime mental health. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Published, 11/30/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.772841
  • Hyunjung Ji & Su Hyun Shin (2021). Health benefits of local government sustainability efforts: A social cognitive perspective. Ecological Economics. Vol. 190. Published, 08/24/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107207
  • HanNa Lim, Su Hyun Shin, Melissa J. Wilmarth & Narang Park (2021). Who decides? Financial decision-making among older couples. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Published, 07/14/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09775-3
  • Su Hyun Shin & Hyunjung Ji (2021). Health risks of natural hazards and resilience resources: Evidence from a U.S. nationwide longitudinal study. Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 281. Published, 07/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114110
  • Su Hyun Shin (2021). Objective and subjective memory: Impact on the financial behavior of older adults in the United States. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. Vol. 19. Published, 06/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2021.100327
  • Su Hyun Shin, Hyunjung Ji & HanNa Lim (2021). Heterogeneity in preventive behaviors during COVID-19: Health risk, economic insecurity, and slanted information. Social Science & Medicine. Vol. 278. Published, 06/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113944
  • Shinae L. Choi, Su Hyun Shin & Rebecca S. Allen (2020). How widowhood status relates to engagement in advance care planning among older adults: does race/ethnicity matter?. Aging & Mental Health. Vol. 26(3), 604-613. Published, 12/31/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1867823
  • Su Hyun Shin, Dean R. Lillard & Jay Bhattacharya (2020). Understanding the correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease polygenic risk, wealth, and the composition of wealth holdings. Biodemography and Social Biology. Vol. 65, 323-350. Published, 11/26/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/19485565.2020.1769466
  • Su Hyun Shin, Soohyun Park, Cheryl Wright, Valerie Anne D’astous & Giyeon Kim (2020). The role of polygenic score and cognitive activity in cognitive functioning among older adults. The Gerontologist. Vol. gnaa073. Published, 06/20/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa073
  • Su Hyun Shin, Kyoung Tae Kim & Martin Seay (2020). Sources of information and portfolio allocation. Journal of Economic Psychology. Vol. 76. Published, 01/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2019.102212
  • Giyeon Kim, Su Hyun Shin, Monica A. Scicolone & Patricia Parmelee (2019). Purpose in life protects against cognitive decline among older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Vol. 27(6), 593-601. Published, 06/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2019.01.010
  • Kyoung Tae Kim, Tae-Young Pak, Su Hyun Shin & Sherman D. Hanna (2018). The relationship between financial planner use and listing a retirement saving goal: Propensity score matching analyses. Financial Planning Review. Vol. 1, e1008. Published, 09/19/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/cfp2.1008
  • Su Hyun Shin & Kyoung Tae Kim (2018). Perceived income changes, saving motives, and household savings. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. Vol. 29(2), 396-409. Published, 08/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1891/1052-3073.29.2.396
  • Su Hyun Shin & Kyoung Tae Kim (2018). Income uncertainty and household stock investment during the Great Recession. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. Vol. 29(2), 383-395. Published, 08/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1891/1052-3073.29.2.383
  • Su Hyun Shin, Giyeon Kim & Soohyun Park (2018). Widowhood status as a risk factor for cognitive decline among older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Vol. 26(7), 778-787. Published, 07/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.03.013
  • Su Hyun Shin, Martin Seay & Kyoung Tae Kim (2017). Measurement of diversification between asset classes in the Survey of Consumer Finances. Economics Letters. Vol. 156, 22-26. Published, 07/2017.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.04.007
  • Su Hyun Shin & Sherman D. Hanna (2016). Accounting for complex sample design in analyses of the Survey of Consumer Finances. Journal of Consumer Affairs. Vol. 51(2), 433-447. Published, 03/08/2016.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/joca.12106
  • Su Hyun Shin & Catherine P. Montalto (2015). The role of impulsivity, cognitive bias, and reasoned action in understanding college student gambling. Journal of Youth Studies. Vol. 18(3), 376-395. Published, 10/08/2015.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2014.963537
  • Su Hyun Shin & Sherman D. Hanna (2015). Decomposition analyses of racial/ethnic differences in high return investment ownership after the Great Recession. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. Vol. 26(1), 43-62. Published, 04/2015.
    https://doi.org/10.1891/1052-3073.26.1.43

Research Statement

As a consumer economist conducting interdisciplinary research, I focus on the American family’s economic and personal wellbeing. My research seeks to identify factors that relates to cognitive functioning and its effect on the financial and economic outcomes for older adults and their families. My research also explores the impact of informal care on their financial and health outcomes. I investigate what explains American households’ financial decisions, such as those for savings and investments. I also examine the heterogeneous effects of natural disasters on health outcomes, coping behaviors, and economic hardship according to vulnerabilities and whether federal and local government efforts mitigate their effects. 

Research Keywords

  • Natural disaster
  • Long-term care
  • Investment
  • Household Finance
  • Genetics
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Demographic patterns - Aging
  • Cognition
  • Alzheimer's and Related Dementias

Presentations

  • Shin, S. H., & Fan, J. Gender differences in the employment on mental and cognitive health among older adults. The 2023 International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP) – Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), Nice, France, June 2023. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Shin, S. H., Ji, H., & Lim, H. Heterogeneity in debt responses to natural disasters based on household resource. The 2023 International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP) – Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), Nice, France, June 2023. (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Shin, S. H., & Fan, J. Gender differences in the employment on mental and cognitive health among older adults. Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Seminar, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2023.
  • Shin, S. H., Hanks, A. S. The impact of health shocks on older adults and its heterogeneity. The 2022 International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP), Kristiansand, Norway, June 2022. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/11/2022.
  • Shin, S. H. Does subjective cognitive functioning help to describe the financial behavior of older adults? The 2020 Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Arlington, VA, February 2020. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/22/2020.
  • Ji, H., & Shin, S. H. Health impacts of local governments’ sustainability programs: A multilevel analysis of individuals’ health conditions. The 2019 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, Denver, CO, November 2019. (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Hanks, A. S. Effects of overconfidence on asset holdings among older adults. The 2019 International Association for Research in Economic Psychology (IAREP) – Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) conference on Economic Psychology and Behavioural Economics, Dublin, Ireland, September 2019. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Hanks, A. S. Effects of over and under-confidence on asset holdings and net worth. The 2019 Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), Austin, TX, April 2019. (Peer-reviewed) (Poster). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Lillard, D. R. The role of informal care in modeling ownership of long-term care insurance. The 2019 Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), Austin, TX, April 2019. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Lillard, D. R., & Bhattacharya, J. Understanding the correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease polygenic risk, wealth, and the composition of wealth holdings. The 2019 Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), Austin, TX, April 2019. (Peer-reviewed) (Poster). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Lillard, D. R., & Bhattacharya, J. Understanding the correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease polygenic risk, wealth, and the composition of wealth holdings. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Aging Program Spring Meeting, Cambridge, MA, March 2019. (Only by “invitations”) . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2019.
  • Kim, K. T., Stebbins, R., & Shin, S. H. Use of financial planner and financial well-being: Evidence from the National Financial Well-being Survey. The 2019 Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Arlington, VA, February 2019. (Peer-reviewed) (Poster). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Hanks, A. S. Effects of over and under-confidence on asset holdings and net worth. The 2019 Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Arlington, VA, February 2019. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., & Lillard, D. R., & Bhattacharya, J. Understanding the correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease polygenic risk, wealth, and the composition of wealth holdings. The 2019 Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Arlington, VA, February 2019. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2019.
  • Shin, S. H., Lillard, D. R., & Bhattacharya, J. Understanding the correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease polygenic risk, wealth, and the composition of wealth holdings. The 9th Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences (IGSS) Conference, Boulder, CO, October 2018. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2018.
  • Shin, S. H., Lillard, D. R., & Bhattacharya, J. Understanding the correlation between Alzheimer’s Disease polygenic risk, wealth, and the composition of wealth holdings. The 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economist (ASHEcon): Economics and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, June 2018. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2018.
  • Zan, H., & Shin, S. H. Spousal health shocks and physical activity among older adults. American Council for Consumer Interests (ACCI), Clearwater Beach, FL, May 2018 (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2018.
  • Zan, H., & Shin, S. H. Spousal health shocks and physical activity among older adults. The 2018 Annual Meeting of Population Association of America (PAA), Denver, CO, April 2018 (Peer-reviewed) (Poster) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2018.
  • Kim, K. T., Pak, T. Y., & Shin, S. H. Why do most working households not list saving for retirement as an important goal? Academy of Financial Services (AFS), Nashville, TN, October 2017. (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2017.
  • Shin, S. H., Seay, M., & Kim, K.T. Source of information and selection of financial instruments. American Council for Consumer Interests (ACCI), Albuquerque, NM, April 2017. (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2017.
  • Pak, T.Y. & Shin, S. H. Subjective survival expectation and portfolio choice: Evidence of interplay between probabilistic reasoning and cognitive ability. American Council for Consumer Interests (ACCI), Albuquerque, NM, April 2017. (Peer-reviewed). Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2017.
  • Kim, K. T., Pak, T. Y., & Shin, S. H. The relationship between financial planner use and listing retirement as an important saving goal. The 2018 Academic Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Washington, DC, February 2018. (Peer-reviewed) (Poster) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 02/2017.
  • Shin, S. H. An economic analysis of the market for long-term care: Evidence from Alzheimer’s disease. Department of Human Sciences Seminar Series, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, April 24, 2015. Presentation, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Shin, S. H., & Hanna, D. S. Racial/Ethnic difference in risky assets ownership after the financial crisis. The 4th Education and Human Ecology Student Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February, 2014. Presentation, Presented, 02/2014.
  • Shin, S. H., & Hanna, D. S. Racial/Ethnic difference in risky assets ownership after the financial crisis. Academy of Financial Services (AFS), Chicago, IL, October, 2013. (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2013.
  • Shin, S. H., & Hanna, D. S. Racial/Ethnic difference in risky assets ownership after the financial crisis. Department of Human Sciences Seminar Series, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October, 2013. Presentation, Presented, 10/2013.
  • Shin, S. H., & Montalto, C. P. The role of impulsivity, cognitive bias, and reasoned action in understanding college student gambling. American Council for Consumer Interests (ACCI), Portland, OR, April, 2013. (Peer-reviewed) . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2013.
  • Shin, S. H., & Montalto, C. P. The role of impulsivity, cognitive bias, and reasoned action in understanding college student gambling. Department of Human Sciences Seminar Series, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, April, 2013. Presentation, Presented, 04/2013.
  • Shin, S. H., & Montalto, C. P. The role of impulsivity, cognitive bias, and reasoned on in understanding college student gambling. The 3rd Education and Human Ecology Student Research Forum, The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, January, 2013. Presentation, Presented, 01/2013.