Dave Maré is a Senior Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust in Wellington, New Zealand. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Waikato, where he is an affiliate of the National Institute for Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA). Dave gained his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1995, specialising in labor economics and urban economics. His research interests continue to span the empirical spatial and labour economics, looking at issues of migration, labour market dynamics, labour market policy evaluation, and the economic performance of cities.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2013.