Nick Tsivanidis is an Assistant Professor in the Real Estate Group at the Haas School of Business, and the Department of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is also co-director of the Cities Research Programme at the International Growth Centre (IGC).
He is an applied economist with interests across Urban and Regional Economics, Development Economics, and Applied Macroeconomics. His research centers on connecting theory with empirics that combine new sources of granular data with natural experiments to learn about the process of urbanization in developing countries.
Recent work by Nick Tsivanidis
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Who wins when public transit challenges private transit?
Introducing new public buses in Lagos improved commuter welfare through lower fares and better service, but also reduced driver incomes and increased wait times in the private sector – highlighting the distributional trade-offs of public transit expa...
Published 02.12.25
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Contract labour and firm growth in India
Legal constraints to firm growth incentivise large firms to find loopholes by hiring contract labour
Published 13.12.21
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Cities in the developing world
Should development economists focus more on analysis of cities?
Published 26.08.20
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The equitable benefits of Colombia’s bus rapid transit system
Investments in bus rapid transit systems can lead to large returns that benefit the high-skilled more than we might expect
Published 01.05.18