David Nguyen is a Research Scientist at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. His research lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, economic measurement, and digital economics.
He studies how to measure the economic value of digital technologies, including consumer welfare gains from generative AI that GDP does not capture, and how AI is changing the way tasks are divided among workers, firms and households. He also uses AI as a measurement tool, for example by augmenting survey data with large language models.
David is also a Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). Before joining Stanford, he was an economist at the OECD and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.
