Laibson was raised by Ruth and Peter Laibson in
Haverford, Pennsylvania. He received an
AB (
summa) from Harvard in 1988, studying under
Benjamin M. Friedman, and went on to win a
Marshall Scholarship to study at the
London School of Economics (
MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics). He received his
PhD from
MIT in 1994 and joined the faculty at Harvard once he graduated. He has since gained tenure. He is married to the mathematician Nina Zipser, and they have a son, Max. At Harvard, he teaches Economics 2030: Psychology and Economics. He also co-teaches Economics 10, the year-long introductory economics class at Harvard, together with
Jason Furman. His research has been published in prestigious journals such as the
QJE,
AER,
JEP,
Econometrica, and
Science. Laibson has written a principles of economics textbook with MIT economist
Daron Acemoglu and
University of Chicago economist
John A. List. ==References==