Nicholas Bloom is the William Eberle Professor in the Department of Economics at Stanford University, a Courtesy Professor at Stanford Business School[2] and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a co-director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.[3][4]
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| Born | Nicholas Alexander Bloom 5 May 1973 |
| Nationality | British American |
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| Field | Labor economics Macroeconomics |
| Institution | Stanford University |
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| Doctoral advisor | John Van Reenen[1] Richard Blundell[1] |
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| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | profiles |
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society, and the recipient of the Frisch Medal in 2010, the Bernacer Prize in 2012, the Center for Economic Studies Distinguished Fellow award in 2020, the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2022[5] and the 50 Most Influential (Bloomberg ranking) in 2022.[6]
Education
editBloom was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He completed a PhD at University College London in 2001 under the supervision of John Van Reenen and Richard Blundell.[7]
Career and research
editHis research focuses on the measurement and impact of uncertainty on investment, employment and growth. He also works on the measurement of management practices and productivity with Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen, on working from home, and on innovation. He co-founded research websites on policy uncertainty,[8] global uncertainty,[9] UK uncertainty,[10] management[11] and working from home.[12]
From 1996 to 2002 he worked at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and on business tax policy at HM Treasury. From 2002 to 2003 he worked at McKinsey & Company, and in 2003 he moved to the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, and to Stanford University in 2005.
He spoke on working from home at the 2014 White House Working Families Summit alongside Trade Unionists, Business Leaders, President Obama and Vice President Biden.,[13] and at Tedx Stanford in 2017.[14] His research on remote work has been cited and discussed in The New York Times,[15] The Wall Street Journal[16] and Freakonomics Radio.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bloom's CV". box.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016
- ^ Schwartz, Nelson D. (14 January 2017), "Will a 'Slap in the Face' From Voters Revive Davos Agenda, or Daze It?", New York Times, retrieved 14 January 2017
- ^ Nicholas Bloom on Twitter
- ^ Nicholas Bloom on LinkedIn
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellows 2022". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Bloomberg50". Bloomberg. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Bloom, Nicholas Alexander (2001). The real options effects of uncertainty on investment and labour demand. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London (University of London). OCLC 498852322. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.252404.
- ^ "Economic Policy Uncertainty". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ "World Uncertainty Index". Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Decision Maker Panel". Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "World Management Survey". Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "WFH Research". Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Women Advance". 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "TedX Stanford 2017". YouTube. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ Tugend, Alina (7 March 2014). "It's Unclearly Defined, but Telecommuting Is Fast on the Rise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ Shah, Neil (5 March 2013). "More Americans Working Remotely". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "EPISODE 495: Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?". freakonomics.com.
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