Welcome!

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Yale.  My research focuses on the drivers of poverty in high-income countries and seeks to inform policies aimed at improving the lives of low-income households. My fields of study are labor, public, and urban economics.

I received a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 2019. Prior to joining Yale, I was a Saieh Family Research Fellow at the Becker Friedman Institute and an assistant professor at Harvard. I also studied at the London School of Economics and at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. You can find a copy of my CV here.

If you’d like to contact me, please email winnie.vandijk@yale.edu. If your message is time sensitive, cc Grayce Angle (grayce.angle@yale.edu). 

In the fall of 2024, I am on leave at Princeton's Industrial Relations Section. I'll be visiting the London School of Economics in January and February of 2025.

I am excited to involve Yale students in my research projects; please send me an email.