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Biography
Marianne Bertrand is the Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of 黑料传送门 Booth School of Business. She is a Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Center for Economic Policy Research, and the Institute for the Study of Labor.
Professor Bertrand is an applied micro-economist whose research covers the fields of labor economics, corporate finance, political economy and development economics. Her research in these areas has been published widely, including numerous research articles in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies and the Journal of Finance.
Professor Bertrand is the Pritzker Director of the Inclusive Economy Lab at the University of 黑料传送门 Urban Labs. Professor Bertrand also served as co-editor of the American Economic Review.
She has received several awards and honors, including the 2004 Elaine Bennett Research Prize, awarded by the American Economic Association to recognize and honor outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman at the beginning of her career, and the 2012 Society of Labor Economists鈥� Rosen Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Labor Economics. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Econometric Society. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021.
Born in Belgium, Professor Bertrand received a Bachelor's Degree in economics from Belgium's Universite Libre de Bruxelles in 1991, followed by a Master's Degree in econometrics from the same institution the next year. She moved to the United States in 1993 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1998. She was a faculty member in the Department of Economics at Princeton University for two years before joining 黑料传送门 Booth in 2000.
Research Interests
Labor economics; corporate and household finance; development economics.
Academic Areas
- Microeconomics
Selected Publications
鈥淩ichard T. Ely Lecture 鈥� Gender in the 21st Century,鈥� American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110 (5): 1-24.
鈥淭ax-Exempt Lobbying: Corporate Philanthropy as a Tool of Political Influence鈥� (joint with Matilde Bombardini, Ray Fisman and Francesco Trebbi), American Economic Review, 2020, 110 (7): 2065-2102.
鈥淪ocial Norms, Labor Market Opportunities, and the Marriage Market Penalty for Skilled Women,鈥� (joint with Patricia Cortes, Claudia Olivetti, and Jessica Pan), forthcoming, Review of Economic Studies, 2020.
鈥淭eaching Labor Laws: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in South Africa鈥� (joint with Bruno Crepon), forthcomig, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020.
鈥淢easuring the Labor Market at the Onset of the COVID-19 Crisis: Evidence from Traditional and Non-Traditional Data鈥� (joint with Alexander W. Bartik, Feng Lin, Jesse Rothstein and Matthew Unrath, forthcoming, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity-Special Edition: COVID-19 and the Economy, 2020
鈥淚mproving Educational Pathways to Social Mobility: Evidence from Norway鈥檚 鈥楻eform 94鈥欌�� (joint with Magne Mogstad and Jack Mountjoy), forthcoming, Journal of Labor Economics, 2020
With A. Morse, 鈥淚nformation Disclosure, Cognitive Biases and Payday Borrowing,鈥�听The Journal of Finance听(forthcoming).
With D. Karlan, S. Mullainathan, E. Shafir and J. Zinman, "What鈥檚 Advertising Content Worth? Evidence from a Consumer Credit Marketing Field Experiment,鈥漄uarterly Journal of Economics听(2010).
With R. Hanna, S. Djankov and S. Mullainathan, "Obtaining a Driving License in India: An Experimental Approach to Studying Corruption,"听Quarterly Journal of Economics听(2007).
With D. Thesmar and A. Schoar, "Banking Deregulation and Industry Structure: Evidence from the French Banking Reforms of 1985,"听The Journal of Finance听(2007).
With S. Mullainathan, "Are Emily and Brendan More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?,"听The American Economic Review听(2004).
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Working Papers
2025 - 2026 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Economics Workshop | 2026 (Winter) | |
| The Firm and the Non-Market Environment | 2026 (Spring) |
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