Yaw Nyarko

Yaw Nyarko is Professor of Economics at New York University (NYU) and the Director of NYU Africa House and the Center for Technology and Economic Development (CTED), as well as Co-Director of the Development Research Institute (DRI). He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, Chair of the Econometric Society Africa Regional Standing Committee, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research interests focus on the areas of economic development, theoretical economics, models of human capital as engines of economic growth, brain drain and skills acquisition, labor economics, and migration. Nyarko received his B.A. from the University of Ghana and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University

Yaw Nyarko is a 2024 Falling Walls Winner in the Social Sciences and Humanities category