Dhaval Dave

Dhaval Dave is Stanton Research Professor in the Department of Economics at Bentley University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics. He was also a John M. Olin Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, after completing his Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Dr. Dave's research focuses on the analysis of public policy and on the economics of health outcomes and behaviors, health insurance, and human capital. His papers have been published in leading peer-reviewed academic journals, and his research has also been featured in congressional testimony, and widely cited in the popular media including in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, MSNBC, CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, CNBC, NPR. His current work includes studies on the minimum wage, welfare reform in the U.S., tobacco control policy and vaping, opioid prescribing, the Affordable Care Act, and COVID-targeted interventions.