David Levine

Education

• PhD, Economics, Harvard University
  
• AM, Economics, Harvard University
  
• BA, Computer Science and Economics, UC Berkeley
  

Positions Held

At Haas since 1993
2006 – present, Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration, Haas School of Business
2009 – 2011, Chair, Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business 2005 –2011 Chair of the Advisory Board, Scientific Evaluation and Global Evaluation 2005 – 2008, Chair, Center for Health Research
2004 – 2006, Research Director, Center for Responsible Business
2002 – 2006, Professor, Haas School of Business
1997 – 2005, Associate Director, Institute of Industrial Relations
1996 – 2000, Founding Director of Research, Center for Organization and Human Resource Effectiveness
1994 – 1995, Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Washington DC
1994, Senior Research Economist, Office of the American Workplace, US Department of Labor
1993 – 2002, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
1988 – 1992, Faculty Mentor and Senior Editor, Labor Center Reporter
1983 – 1987, Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

Visiting Positions

Sloan School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

External Service and Assignments

• Chair, Center for Health Research
• Associate Director, Institute of Industrial Relations
• Research Director, Center for Responsible Responsible Business
• Advisory Board, Center for Responsible Responsible Business
• Board Member: Institute of Industrial Relations Center for Labor Research and Education (advisory board and executive committee)
• Editor: Industrial Relations

Current Research and Interests

• What are the obstacles to good management in settings ranging from large corporations to the foreign aid sector?
• The causes and effects of high wages, workplace diversity, and employee involvement.
• The causes and effects of investments in health and education, particularly in poor nations.

Teaching

• Macroeconomics, E201
• Seminar in Industrial Relations & Labor, PhD 254

Honors and Awards

• Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Evening MBA Program, 2000
• Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Undergraduate Program, 1990
• Club 6 Member, Haas School of Business, (for teaching excellence, based on student evaluations), each year since 1988
• University of California Alumni Scholar
• Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society
• Phi Beta Kappa