大卫·布劳是俄亥俄州立大学经济学教授。他是一名劳动力和人口经济学家，研究方向是老龄化和儿童。布劳的老龄化研究侧重于个人和夫妇在老年就业行为的动态。他最近的研究考察了储蓄和退休决定之间的联系;老年劳动力市场僵化;解释退休时间的长期趋势;以及用行为经济学的方法来理解社会保障政策变化对劳动力退出的影响。布劳研究了儿童保育的许多方面，包括儿童保育成本对妇女劳动力参与、护理模式和生育率的影响;儿童保育质量的决定因素和后果;以及托儿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。