# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-laibson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:45:53.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-laibson"
name: "David Laibson"
slug: "david-laibson"
description: "David Isaac Laibson is an American economist and professor at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1994. His research focuses on macroeconomics, intertemporal choice, behavioral economics, and neuroeconomics. In 2016, he became chairman of the Harvard economics department."
tagline: "American economist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_laibson_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
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birthDate: "1966-06-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/laibson"
    handle:    "laibson"
sources:
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    title: "David Laibson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump