Lelan is a senior studying Economics & Mathematics and an undergraduate intern at Yale Inclusion Economics, where she supports data analytics in the PayDash project. She was previously a Tobin RA at EGC working on gender and labor market outcomes for …

Pascual Restrepo is an associate professor at Yale University. His research focuses on the impact of technology on inequality, labor markets, and growth. Postdoctoral Associate Pascual …

Natalia Rigol is the Buchanan Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests …

Vaishnavi Krishna Mohan graduated in 2025 with a Master's in International Development Economics. Prior to Yale, she completed her undergraduate studies at Ahmedabad University, where she majored in Economics and minored in Mathematics. She assisted Dr. …

Vidhi Bhartiya (Yale College, Jonathan Edwards ’27) is pursuing a double major in Economics and Global Affairs. As an Economic Research Intern at Inclusion Economics, she supports the department’s research projects and her interests include studying how …

Sonia Jin is a junior in Ezra Stiles College pursuing a double major in  Statistics and Data Science  and  Economics and Mathematics . Her research interests lie in the intersection of policy, economic development, and inequality. She is passionate about …

Alina Vaidya Mahadevan (Yale College, Morse ’27) is pursuing a double major in Economics and Global Affairs. As an Economic Research Intern at Inclusion Economics, she supports Dr. Rohini Pande's research. In addition, Alina is leading the Foreign Policy …

Nina Buchmann was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Economic Growth Center and the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. Her primary fields are development economics and behavioral economics. She is …

Luke Strathmann is a Senior Writer, Editor, and Communications Officer, working across the Department of Economics and its three research centers. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Points in Case, Slackjaw, 251, and the Weekly …

Lisa Ho was a Postdoctoral Associate within the Inclusion Economics research initiative at the Yale Economic Growth Center and Macmillan Center during the 2024-25 academic year. Lisa graduated with a PhD in Economics from MIT in June 2024. She studies …

Austin Bodetti,   Jackson School class of 2026, is a Master in Public Policy in Global Affairs candidate, where he is studying the role that computer programming and quantitative research can play in policymaking. He has a particular interest in projects …

Maria Storch, Pierson College class of 2028, is a rising sophomore studying Computer Science, Math and Economics. She hopes to use economics and computer science in research that helps communities, whether on a local or international level, and is …

Jie Zhou is a joint Postdoctoral Fellow at the Economic Growth Center and Cowles Foundation. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics at MIT. Her research sits at the intersection of digital economics, political economy,  trade, and industrial organization. …