Labor Economics

Gregory Bruich received his PhD from the Department of Economics at Harvard University. His research is in public economics. He was voted a favorite professor by the Harvard College classes of 2022 and 2023. He has received the Lunch on the Dean teaching award from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He has received the Rhodes Inspirational Educator Award from the Rhodes Trust, the John R. Marquand Award for Exceptional Advising, multiple Certificates of Distinction and Certificates of Excellence for his teaching, and a Special Commendation for Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times from the Dean of Undergraduate Education at Harvard College. He has been the faculty adviser for over thirty senior theses in economics, applied math, social studies, and statistics. He has received Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) research grants for advising seven Hoopes Prize-winning senior theses. In the fall, he teaches an econometrics class for PhD students. In the spring, he teaches over 600 students across two classes: introduction to econometrics, and using big data to solve economic and social problems (with Raj Chetty). He has also taught other classes in public economics, labor economics, and econometrics at Harvard. He has been nominated several times for the Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising.