David Bloom

David Bloom is the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University. He received a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in Economics and Demography from Princeton University in 1981. Bloom has worked and taught extensively in the areas of labor, population, health, and development economics, and published more than 600 articles, book chapters, and books. Bloom is Faculty Research Associate at NBER, elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and recipient of the Population Association of America’s Irene B. Taeuber Award for lifetime research achievements.