| 1 | Name: | Dr. David I. Laibson | |
| Institution: | Harvard University; National Institutes of Health | ||
| Year Elected: | 2022 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 302. Economics | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1966 | ||
David Laibson is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics, the Faculty Dean of Lowell House, and leader of the Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative at Harvard University. He has spent the majority of his career at Harvard, including as Harvard College Professor from 2008 to 2013, and chair of the Department of Economics from 2015 to 2018. He earned his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. Laibsonʼs research focuses on the topic of behavioral economics, with emphasis on intertemporal choice, self-regulation, behavior change, household finance, public finance, macroeconomics, asset pricing, aging, and biosocial science. Laibson is a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he directs the National Institute of Aging Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health and Savings, and is a Research Associate in the Aging, Asset Pricing, and Economic Fluctuations Working Groups. He serves on Harvardʼs Pension Investment Committee and on the Board of the Russell Sage Foundation, where he chairs the finance committee. Laibson serves on the advisory boards of the Social Science Genetics Association Consortium and the Consumer Finance Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Laibson has served as a member of the Academic Research Council of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Laibson is a recipient of a Marshall Scholarship, a two-time recipient of the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security, and a recipient of Harvardʼs ΦΒΚ Prize. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, and a member of both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2022. | |||