Kexin Feng is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Economic History Program at the Economic Growth Center for the 2025-26 academic year. Her research interests center on understanding the economic transformation of late-developing countries. Her Ph.D. …

Nicholas Yee (Yale College, Berkeley ’27) is pursuing a double-major in Global Affairs and Economics. His interests include national development strategies and private-public collaboration in the development sector. As a Communications Intern at the …

Elliot Lipnowski is an associate professor of economics at Yale University, studying microeconomic theory. His interests include information design, mechanism design, dynamic games, organizational economics, and strategic uncertainty. He completed his …

Dave Cowell is the Administrative Director for the Department of Economics at Yale. Formerly, he was an Associate Director of Finance and Operations with the Yale Economic Growth Center and Yale Inclusion Economics, where he worked with faculty, students, …

Aishwarya serves as the Deputy Director of the Economic Growth Center since March 2022. Prior to EGC, Aishwarya managed research and evaluation investments for the Gates Foundation’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Financial Services for the Poor teams. …

Development Economics Communications Intern: Summer 2022 IDE Research Assistant: Fall 2021 and Spring 2022   From nourishing my interest in neighbouring social sciences to allowing me to learn from leading academics, the IDE program gave me the chance to …