Distinguished Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan
M.A., Economics, University of Michigan
B.A. Economics and Political Science, University of Colorado
David Hummels teaches courses in International Economics, and has won multiple teaching awards at the graduate and undergraduate level. His research focuses on a broad range of issues in international trade, including: offshoring and its impact on labor markets, product differentiation, barriers to trade and the broader impacts of aviation, infrastructure, and trade facilitation on trade and economic development. He has published 4 books and over 40 research articles in major economic journals including American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Professor Hummels is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and served as Dean of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue from 2014-2023. He has worked as a consultant for and visiting scholar at a wide variety of central banks, development banks and policy institutes around the world.
Two Daniels School economists examine the consequences of higher workloads on employee health in their paper “No Pain, No Gain: Work Demand, Work Effort, and Worker Health.” Purdue’s David Hummels and Chong Xiang find striking impacts on the health of workers when companies’ sales increase rapidly.
Full story: New Study Shows Worker Health Declines as Sales Surge
It may seem obvious to those who suffer the most, but a working paper issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research by Krannert economics professors Chong Xiang and David Hummels provides confirmation: Employees under prolonged workplace pressures face serious consequences to their health.
Employees under prolonged workplace pressures face serious consequences to their health, according to a working paper issued by the National Bureau for Economic Research coauthored by Krannert professors David Hummels and Chong Xiang.
Full story: Krannert economists link higher work demand to potentially serious health risks
David Hummels tells Inside Higher Ed that affordability points right back to the diploma divide in terms of future funding for higher education.
Full story: Presidents Weigh In on the Public Confidence Crisis
hummelsd@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 496-7688
Office: RAWL 4007
Airlines, Economics Education, Future of Work, International Trade, Microeconomics, Transportation