David Neumark (PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 1987) is Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine, where he directs the Economic Self-Sufficiency Policy Research Institute (ESSPRI), and is a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Prior to joining the faculty at UCI, Neumark was an Economist at the Federal Reserve Board, an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Professor at Michigan State University. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

He edits the IZA Journal of Labor Policy and co-edits the Journal of Urban Economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2004.