Associate Professor of Economics
July 2022 – present
Durham University
Curriculum vitae
David Chivers
Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Durham University Business School
david.chivers@durham.ac.ukMy current research interests lie at the intersection between macroeconomics and labour economics.
Appointments
Assistant Professor in Economics
September 2015 – July 2022
Durham University
Lecturer in Economics
September 2014 – August 2015
Exeter College, University of Oxford
ESRC Internship Scheme
February 2012 – September 2012
The Home Office · Member of the Crime and Policing Analysis Unit
Research & books
Published papers
- 2024
Labour Immobility Between Industries: Consequences for the Macroeconomy
With Parantap Basu and Changhyun Park · Economic Systems
- 2017
Success, Survive or Escape? Aspirations and Poverty Traps
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
- 2017
Employment-based Health Insurance and Misallocation: Implications for the Macroeconomy
With Zhigang Feng and Anne Villamil · Review of Economic Dynamics
- 2015
Fearing the Worst: The Importance of Uncertainty for Inequality
With Keith Blackburn · Economic Theory
Published book
How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
With Tom Chivers · W&N, 2021
- Reviewed in The Times, Daily Mail, The Critic, The Independent and The Big Issue.
- Interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s More or Less, Times Radio and the BBC Science podcast.
- Translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian; reached the top 100 books sold on Amazon UK.
- Over 10,000 copies sold worldwide.
Work in progress
Necessity Entrepreneurship and Misallocation
With Elisa Keller
NIMBYISM and Inequality
With Isaac Gross
Teaching & supervision
Durham University
Assistant Professor in Economics · September 2015 – July 2022
Supervised two PhD students to completion: Changhyun Park (Bank of Korea) and Henry Aviomoh (World Bank).
| Module | Level | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Macroeconomics | Second year | 4.3/5 |
| Advanced Macroeconomics | Third year | 4.8/5 |
| European Economics | Second year | 4.8/5 |
| Macroeconomic Applications and Policy | Second year | 5/5 |
| Microeconomic Applications and Policy | Second year | 5/5 |
Exeter College, University of Oxford
Lecturer in Economics · September 2014 – August 2015
- Macroeconomics · Masters
- Introduction to Macroeconomics · First year
- Macroeconomics · Second year
- Quantitative Economics · Second year
Administration
Programme Director for Economics
September 2022 – present
Durham University
Year Tutor
September 2020 – 2022
Durham University
Education
PhD Economics
September 2010 – May 2015
University of Manchester
Funded by ESRC +3 Studentship 2010, Quota Award.
Supervisors: Prof. Keith Blackburn and Prof. Anne Villamil
Membership & refereeing
Refereeing
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, BE Journal of Macroeconomics, Theory and Decision, The Manchester School, Economic Systems and Swiss National Science Foundation.
Fellowships & memberships
- Associate Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies (September 2022 – present)
- Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (January 2015)
- Member of the Center for Macroeconomics and Policy (CEMAP) at Durham University
- Member of the Royal Economic Society
Media engagement
Writing
Articles for Huffington Post, The Conversation, The Northern Echo and Economy Class (personal blog).
Press
Featured in Expansion, El Economista, Merco Press, Teinteresa, El Universal, El Carabobeno and El Mundo.
Radio
Interviews for BBC, Share FM and Times Radio.
Awards & grants
- £55,000Institute of Advanced Studies Major Grant
- £1,000Institute of Advanced Studies Development Grant
- £1,500MMF external grant for the conference “Too much or too little credit?” at Durham University
- £59,500ESRC +3 Studentship 2010, Quota Award