David Frisvold

David E. Frisvold is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University. Prior to joining Emory in 2008, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Vanderbilt University. Frisvold’s research interests include health economics and the economics of education. He is interested in understanding whether and how public policies targeted towards children influence their health and education outcomes, and his research specifically focuses on childhood obesity, soft drink taxes, early childhood education, school quality, and food assistance programs.