David E. Bloom

David E. Bloom (born October 16, 1955) is an American author, academic, economist, and demographer. He is a professor of Economics and Demography at the Harvard School of Public Health, and director of the Program on the Global Demography of Aging. He is widely considered as one of the greatest multidisciplinary social science researchers of the world.

Bloom has written and published over 250 articles and books focusing on health, demography, education, and labor. He has been a contributing editor of American Demographics and an associate editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics. He has also served as a referee for over 50 academic journals, and has been a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science Magazine since August 1991.

He has been honored with an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the Galbraith Award for teaching. He was also a Fulbright Scholar in India (1982–1983) and a Scholar-in-Residence at the Russell Sage Foundation (1989–1990).

Personal background Bloom was born on October 16, 1955, in New York City. He attended the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations. In 1978, he earned his Master's degree in Economics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Economics and Demography from Princeton in 1981. Bloom is married to Lakshmi Reddy Bloom, with whom he has two children, including personal development books author Sahil Bloom. Sonali, who completed a BSci in Physics at Yale University and an MBA from Harvard University, and Sahil who double majored in Economics & Sociology and a Masters in Public Policy from Stanford University. Bloom is Jewish.

Professional background

Academia Throughout his career, Bloom has taught university courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Primary areas of focus have included labor and development economics, global health and demographics, and statistics and econometrics. Following his graduation from Princeton, Bloom joined the public policy faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, School of Urban and Public Affairs, where he served as an assistant professor of Economics for academic years ending in 1981 and 1982.

In July 1982, he joined the staff of Harvard University, Department of Economics, where he served as an assistant professor of economics through June 1985. The following month, he served as the Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy through June 1987.

In July 1995, Bloom began serving as the acting executive director of the Harvard Institute for International Development. In July 1996, he served as the deputy director, while simultaneously serving as the director of the Education and Social Development Group, remaining there through June 1999. J.K. Galbraith Prize for excellence in teaching (1987)

Published works Bloom, David E.; and Trahan, Jane T. Flexible Benefits and Employee Choice: Highlights of the Literature, Work in America Institute, 1986. Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; and Sevilla, Jaypee. Demographic Dividend: New Perspective on Economic Consequences Population Change, Rand Publishing, 2003. Bloom, David E.; Craig, Patricia H.; and Malaney, Pia N. The Quality of Life in Rural Asia, Asian Development Bank Press, 2001. Prettner, Klaus; and Bloom, David E. Automation and Its Macroeconomic Consequences: Theory, Evidence, and Social Impacts, 2020. ISBN 9780128180280