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Kerwin Charles

Trustee
NORC Board of Trustees
Kerwin is an expert in applied microeconomics, labor markets, and the effects of race/gender on labor, earnings, and wealth discrimination and inequality.

Kerwin joined Yale in 2019 as the Indra K. Nooyi Dean and Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Economics, Policy, and Management at the Yale School of Management (SOM). He moved to Yale from the University of Chicago, where he was the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergmann Distinguished Service professor. He has studied and published on a range of topics in labor and applied economics.

Among other professional duties, he has served as the vice president of the American Economics Association and is on the board of several academic and nonprofit entities. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an elected fellow of the Society of Labor Economics; of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Education

PhD

Cornell University

MS

Cornell University

BS

University of Miami

Appointments & Affiliations

Member

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee

Past Vice President | 2021

American Economic Association

Elected Fellow

Society of Labor Economics

Elected Fellow

American Academy of Political and Social Science

Elected Fellow

American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Board of Advisors

Aspen Economic Strategy Group; International Rescue Committee; The Connecticut Project

Board of Trustees

Panel Study of Income Dynamics; Yale New Haven Hospital

Board of Directors

New Profit Foundation