David Cutler

David Cutler is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics and was named Harvard College Professor in 2014 until 2019.  Professor Cutler holds secondary appointments at the Kennedy School of Government and the School of Public Health. He was associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for Social Sciences from 2003-2008. He served as Assistant Professor of Economics from 1991 to 1995, and was named John L. Loeb Associate Professor of Social Sciences in 1995. Cutler is the co-author of the book Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation (Penguin Press, 2021).