Structural Seminar with Gabriel KREINDLER (Harvard)

Gabriel Kreindler is Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Harvard University. Prior to joining their permanent faculty, he was an Economics, History and Politics Prize Fellow at Harvard. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and an Affiliate at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).

He is a development economist interested in urban mobility. His research studies the design of public transport networks, pricing, how urban residents explore their cities, and how distance affects spatial choices and why. His work has been supported by a number of grants, notably from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the International Growth Centre (IGC).

Gabriel Kreindler's website

He will present a paper, joint with Joshua T. Dean and Oluchi Mbonu, at the next Structural Seminar on the topic:

Demand for Urban Exploration: Evidence from Nairobi (read paper)

The next Structural Seminar will host Naoki AIZAWA (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on April 8th.