Three NBER Affiliates Join CEA

NBER research associates George Borjas, Kim Ruhl, and Pierre Yared have taken leave from their academic positions to serve at the Council of Economic Advisers. Borjas is serving as a Senior Economist, Ruhl as a Member, and Yared as Vice Chair and a Member. Borjas, who is affiliated with the Labor Studies and Economics of Aging programs, is the Robert W. Scrivner Research Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Ruhl, an affiliate of the International Finance and Macroeconomics and International Trade and Investment programs, is the Curt and Sue Culver Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin. Yared, affiliated with the Economic Fluctuations and Growth and Political Economy programs, is the MUTB Professor of International Business at Columbia University’s Business School. 

All of these researchers will be on leave from the NBER for the duration of their public service.