David Canning

DAVID CANNING is currently Deputy Director of the program on the global demography of aging and heads the economics track of the doctoral program in population and international health at Harvard University. His research on demographic change focuses on the effect of changes in age structure on aggregate economic activity, and the effect of changes in longevity on economic behavior. He has also held faculty positions at the London School of Economics, Cambridge University, Columbia University, and Queen’s University Belfast. He has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and ADB, and was a member of Working Group One of the World Health Organization’s Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Queen’s University, Belfast, and a doctorate degree in economics from Cambridge University.