大卫·布劳是俄亥俄州立大学经济学教授。他是一位劳动力和人口经济学家，对老龄化和儿童的研究感兴趣。布劳的老龄化研究侧重于老年人个人和夫妻就业行为的动态变化。他最近的研究研究了储蓄和退休决定之间的联系;劳动力市场对老年工人的僵化;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。布劳研究了育儿的许多方面，包括育儿成本对女性劳动力参与、育儿模式和生育能力的影响;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。