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David Levine

David I. Levine

Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Chair in Business Administration
Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group
510-642-1697
Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address
Academic Status: On leave
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11 a.m.-12 p.m. F671
Personal Homepage: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/levine
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
LinkedIn Profile

Education

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


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
2002 - 2006, Professor, Haas School of Business
2004 - 2006, Research Director, Center for Responsible Business 
1997 - 2005, Associate Director, Institute of Industrial Relations
1993 - 2002, Associate Professor, Haas School of Business
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
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.

Selected Papers and Publications

  • “Diversity, Discrimination and Performance,” with Laura Giuliano and Jonathan Leonard.  Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
  • “Manager Race and the Race of New Hires,” with Laura Giuliano and Jonathan Leonard. Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming.
  • “Do Microfinance Programs Help Families Insure Consumption Against Illness?” with Paul Gertler and Enrico Moretti.  Health Economics 18, no. 3 (2009): 257-273.
  • “How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?” with Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel.  Journal of Economics, Management and Strategy 18, no. 1: 125-169.
  • “Investment Following a Financial Crisis: Does Foreign Ownership Matter?” with Garrick Blalock and Paul Gertler.  Journal of Monetary Economics 55, no. 3 (April 2008): 568-591.
  • Changes in Careers and Wage Structures at Large American Employers, with Dale Belman, Gary Charness, Erica Groshen, and K.C. O'Shaughnessy. Kalamazoo MI: Upjohn Institute, 2003.
  • Carve-outs in Workers' Compensation Programs in California Construction, with Cristian Echeverria, Frank Neuhauser, Richard Reuben, and Jeffrey S. Petersen. Kalamazoo MI: Upjohn Institute, 2001
  • The American Workplace: Skills, Pay and Employee Involvement, edited with Casey Ichniowski, Craig Olson, and George Strauss. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Working in the Twenty-First Century: Policies for Economic Growth Through Training, Opportunity, and Education. M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1998.
  • Reinventing the Workplace: How Business and Employees Can Both Win. Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 1995.

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



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