Bharat Chandar

Bharat Chandar
PhD Student, Economic Analysis & Policy
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Bharat Chandar

I am a labor economist studying macroeconomic trends in labor markets. My job market paper studies how changes in the composition of college graduates affect inequality and labor demand. I am on the 2024-2025 academic job market.

Faculty Advisors

Rebecca Diamond,
Christopher Tonetti,
Nicholas A. Bloom

Research Interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Applied Macroeconomics

Job Market Paper

Shifts in the Composition of College Workers: Implications for US Inequality and Labor Demand

Working Papers

Bank Expansion, Firm Dynamics, and Structural Transformation: Evidence from India's Policy Experiment

with Dian Jiao and Marshall Mo

Service Quality on Online Platforms: Empirical Evidence about Driving Quality at Uber

With Susan Athey and Juan Camilo Castillo. Revise and Resubmit at Management Science.

When and Why Defaults Fail to Change Aggregate Outcomes: Field Experimental Evidence from 40 Million Tipping Observations

with Uri Gneezy, John A. List, and Ian Muir

Social Preferences in the Field: Evidence from a Nationwide Tipping Study

with Uri Gneezy, John A. List, and Ian Muir

Work in Progress

Measuring Firm-Level Skill: Effects on Performance and Productivity

Coercive Sterilization in India

with Ruchi Mahadeshwar