David Blau是俄亥俄州州立大学经济学教授。他是衰老和儿童研究兴趣的劳动和人口经济学家。Blau的老龄化研究侧重于老年人个人和夫妻的就业行为动态。他最近的研究审查了节约和退休决策之间的联系;老年工人劳动力市场的罪魁祸首;解释退休时间的长期趋势;以及了解社会保障政策变动对劳动力退出影响的行为经济学方法。Blau研究了众多的儿童保育方面，包括儿童关怀成本对女性劳动力参与，护理方式和生育的影响;儿童保育质量的决定因素和后果;以及儿童保育补贴对就业和福利参与的影响。 His book, The Child Care Problem: An Economic Analysis, was published by the Russell Sage Foundation in 2001. His current research on children analyzes the impact of family structure and parental time allocation on child outcomes. Blau is a past co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources, a past deputy editor of Demography, and a past member of the NIH Social Sciences and Population Study Section. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1980.

他于2003年11月加入IZA担任研究员。