Kerwin Charles
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