Arielle Bernhardt is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at NYU. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard in 2023. Before joining NYU, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the MIT Department of Economics for the 2023–24 academic …

Munira Elbashir (Yale College, Davenport ’26) is pursuing a double major in Economics and Political Science. As a Research Intern at the Economic Growth Center, she supports Dr. Rohini Pande’s research on the economics of gender norms. Her interests …

Jaimin Shah graduated in 2025 with a Master's in International and Development Economics. Prior to Yale, he graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA (Hons) degree in Economics, achieving a Double First Class. He assisted Dr. Rohini Pande with …

Devina Aggarwal graduated from Yale College in 2025 with a major in Economics and a certificate in Education Studies. Her research interests lie in exploring the intersection between economic development and inclusive policy-making, particularly in the …

Lucy Page is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. She was a Postdoctoral Associate within the Inclusion Economics research initiative at the Yale Economic Growth Center and Macmillan Center. Lucy graduated with a PhD in …

Jackson Martin is a Communications Associate at the Yale Economic Growth Center, supporting efforts to publicize the center’s research through digital and traditional media channels. Prior to joining Yale, he worked to develop integrated brand marketing …

Aiwen Desai (Yale College, Timothy Dwight '26) is an economics major interested in natural resource economics and passionate about environmental justice. She hopes to make economic research more accessible through her writing. At the Economic Growth …

Claire Nam (Yale College, Jonathan Edwards '28) is an economics major interested in development, trade, and the intersection of financial markets and the macroeconomy. At the Economic Growth Center, Claire supports research synthesis, impact measurement, …