Chris Bidner

Research Interests

I am interested in applied micro theory, with particular interest in the fields of Labour and Development.

Research Papers

A Spillover-Based Theory of Credentialism [paper]

Cultivating Trust: Norms, Institutions, and the Implications of Scale (with Patrick Francois) [paper]

Peer Effects and the Promise of Social Mobility: A Model of Human Capital Investment [paper]

Pre-Match Investment with Frictions [paper]
(Accepted at Games and Economic Behavior)

Industrial Composition, Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from U.S. Cities (with Ben Sand) [paper]

Working Papers

Marriage and the Viability of Market-Based Economic Development [paper]

Older Papers

Barriers to Adoption and the Nature of Technological Progress [paper]
Markets as Institutions: Specialisation and Economic Development [paper]