David Autor

David H. Autor
David Autor in 2006
Born	c. 1967 (age 49–50)
Institution	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma mater	Harvard University Tufts University
Doctoral advisor	Lawrence F. Katz
Awards	Econometric Society (2014) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012) Society of Labor Economists (2009) Sherwin Rosen Prize (2008) Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2003)
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David H. Autor (born c. 1967) is an American economist and professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also acts as co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative. Although Autor has contributed to a variety of fields in economics his research generally focuses on topics from labor economics.

David Autor received a B.A. in psychology from Tufts University in 1989, followed by an M.A. and Ph.D. in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) in 1994 and 1999.

After completing his Ph.D. David Autor was hired as assistant professor at MIT's economics department, where he became the Pentti J.K. Kouri Career Development Assistant Professor of Economics in 2002 before being promoted to associate professor in 2003 and receiving tenure in 2005. He finally was made full professor at MIT in 2008. In parallel to his position at MIT Autor is or has been affiliated with several research institutions, including the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Poverty Action Lab and IZA, is or has been the editor of economic academic journals such as the Journal of Economic Perspectives (2009–14), Journal of Labor Economics (2007–08), Journal of Economic Literature (2004–06) and the Review of Economics and Statistics (2002-2008). Finally, he is (together with Joshua Angrist and Parag Pathak) a co-director of the MIT School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative (SEII), a research program focusing on the economics of education and the relationship between human capital and the American income distribution, as well as an associate director of the NBER Disability Research Center.