David Autor is an Associate Professor of Economics at MIT and a Faculty Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Programs on Labor Studies and Education. Autor is currently engaged in two research programs, one on the growth of labor market intermediation, and the second on job skill demands, technological change, and earnings inequality. He received a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Computer Science from Tufts University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Public Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 1999. He is also the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research on labor market intermediation and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship. Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., Autor spent three years directing efforts in San Francisco and South Africa to teach computer skills to economically disadvantaged children and adults.