… Rohini Pande in Science Magazine: “Identity politics” is economic policy … January 16, 2025 | Perspectives Rohini … right  attacked  DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives in firms and colleges, and those attacks have … In contrast,  Bagde  et al.  studied an affirmative action program in India that fixes percentage quotas for women and …

… connectivity has increasingly become essential to access economic opportunity and government services. Yet, large … ecosystems. This work builds on a framework developed through earlier research conducted by the Inclusion Economics …

… their respective subfields – applied microeconomics and economic history – are both critical for understanding the challenge. … that governments have the ability to address inequality through policy. There are good and bad ways of doing this – …

… Statutory Professor of Economics … April 24, 2023 | EGC History Beata Javorcik: from a Yale PhD to becoming Oxford’s … that changed the course of Javorcik’s life: an exchange program with a high school in Rochester, New York.   Javorcik … was dynamic and bustling. Yet both cities grappled with economic dislocation: as Kraków began its long transition …

… that Mark Rosenzweig has been re-appointed director of the Economic Growth Center . His term is for three years, … shifts. For example, Indonesia had a school building program in the 1970s — the biggest in world history over a five-year period. We can evaluate it. It …

… 2022 Kuznets Mini-conference, “Political Distortions and Economic Development” … April 20, 2022 | News Looking back on … can offer advantages to certain firms in procurement or through preferential regulation instead of promoting … #NEUDC2022 will be held in-person in New Haven, CT. The program will begin with a welcome reception Friday evening, …

… Conference had serious Zoom fatigue. The last two NEUDC conferences had been hosted virtually and with great success … webpage has an overview of the 35 sessions, and the program has more detail along with links to the papers – … currently working on projects related to the political and economic motivations behind international accords in general, …

… back Leonard Wantchekon for a talk on politics and economic development … March 22, 2022 | News Yale welcomes … on political economy, development economics and economic history with a regional focus on Africa. The event will take … economist who helped establish EGC in 1961. Visit the Program's website for more information on past lectures. The …

… the mission to support “activities designed to advance the economic well-being of people everywhere” – a mandate that … today. For example, the Center expanded its internship program to Yale students who had lost other summer work … marking #EGCat60 with: A series of articles about  EGC’s history  and contributions to development economics. Monthly …