2026 David E. Bloom: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	100	107	96	84	74	440	52264

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1986 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David E. Bloom is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Medicine, and Social Sciences, with a focus on various subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Health, Epidemiology, and Modeling and Simulation.

The main topics addressed in their work cover a broad range of global health and economic issues, including:

Global Health Care Issues
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
Economic Growth and Productivity
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Health Disparities and Outcomes

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on the economic aspects of health challenges worldwide. Some of these publications include:

"Estimates and Projections of the Global Economic Cost of 29 Cancers in 204 Countries and Territories From 2020 to 2050," published in 2023 in JAMA Oncology
"The global economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 204 countries and territories in 2020-50: a health-augmented macroeconomic modelling study," published in 2023 in The Lancet Global Health
"Global and regional projections of the economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from 2019 to 2050: A value of statistical life approach," published in 2022 in EClinicalMedicine
"Global trends in antibiotic consumption during 2016-2023 and future projections through 2030," published in 2024 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Prevalence of dementia in India: National and state estimates from a nationwide study," published in 2023 in Alzheimer's & Dementia

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Lancet Global Health
Science Translational Medicine
PLoS Medicine

David E. Bloom collaborates regularly with several co-authors, notable among them:

Klaus Prettner
Arindam Nandi
Jinkook Lee
Maddalena Ferranna
Simiao Chen

The scientist has received recognition in the form of fellowships, including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1986)

Best Publications

The new economics of labor migration

Oded Stark;David E Bloom

4115
Citations
The Global Economic Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases

David E. Bloom;Elizabeth Cafiero;Eva Jané-Llopis;Shafika Abrahams-Gessel

3174
Citations
Geography, demography, and economic growth in Africa.

David E. Bloom;Jeffrey D. Sachs

2194
Citations
The Effect of Health on Economic Growth: A Production Function Approach

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Jaypee Sevilla

2017
Citations
The demographic dividend : a new perspective on the economic consequences of population change

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Jaypee Sevilla

1714
Citations
Demographic transitions and economic miracles in emerging Asia.

David E. Bloom;Jeffrey G. Williamson

1707
Citations
The Health and Wealth of Nations

David E. Bloom;David Canning

1392
Citations
Implications of population ageing for economic growth

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Günther Fink

1348
Citations
Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa

David Bloom;David Canning;Kevin Chan

1192
Citations
Fertility, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Demographic Dividend

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Günther Fink;Jocelyn E. Finlay

1091
Citations
THE EFFECT OF HEALTH ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THEORY AND EVIDENCE

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Jaypee Sevilla

1020
Citations
Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance

David E. Bloom;David Canning

1004
Citations
Macroeconomic implications of population ageing and selected policy responses

David E Bloom;Somnath Chatterji;Paul Kowal;Peter Lloyd-Sherlock

859
Citations
Infectious disease threats in the twenty-first century: Strengthening the global response

David E. Bloom;Daniel Cadarette

758
Citations
Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Günther Fink

708
Citations
Longevity and Life-cycle Savings*

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Bryan Graham

706
Citations
Towards a comprehensive public health response to population ageing

John R Beard;David E Bloom

702
Citations
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Jaypee Sevilla

635
Citations
Demographic Change, Social Security Systems, and Savings

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Richard K. Mansfield;Michael Moore

544
Citations
Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Asia

David E. Bloom;David Canning;Pia N. Malaney

538
Citations
The global macroeconomic burden of road injuries: estimates and projections for 166 countries.

Simiao Chen;Michael Kuhn;Klaus Prettner;David E Bloom

419
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Canning Harvard University

Klaus Prettner Vienna University of Economics and Business

Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University

Günther Fink Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Ajay Mahal University of Melbourne

Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

Orley Ashenfelter Princeton University

Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco

Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute

Ramanan Laxminarayan Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

External Links

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