Bio

I am an Associate Professor of Economics at McGill University, affiliated with IZA, CIREQ, and CIRANO.

I study the economics of cities and labour markets. Current projects investigate the microgeography of economic spillovers between firms and workers, career dynamics, and the consequences of transportation infrastructure investments.

I received my PhD from the University of Toronto in 2018.

In 2025-2026, I will be visiting the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

Contact Information

Office: Leacock Building, 543
Address: 855 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 2T7
E-mail: nicolas.gendron-carrier@mcgill.ca

Research and Teaching Fields

Labour and Urban Economics

Publications

• Prior Work Experience and Entrepreneurship: The Careers of Young Entrepreneurs
  Journal of Labor Economics, Forthcoming
  Published Version
  Data and Replication Files

• Local Productivity Spillovers (with Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Ronni Pavan)
  American Economic Review, Volume 114, No. 4, 2024
  Published Version
  Data and Replication Files

• Subways and Urban Air Pollution (with Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Stefano Polloni, and Matthew Turner)
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Volume 14, No. 1, 2022
  Published Version
  Data and Replication Files

• The Local Impact of Containerization (with Leah Brooks and Gisela Rua)
  Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 126, 2021
  Published Version
  Data and Replication Files

Work in Progress

• Bus Rapid Transit and the Development of Cities (with Marco Gonzalez-Navarro and Matthew Turner)

• Residential Human Capital and Economic Spillovers (with Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Ronni Pavan)

• Human Capital Accumulation in the Workplace (with Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Josh Kinsler, and Ronni Pavan)

Teaching

• Labour Economics, Graduate Course, McGill University

• Urban Economics, Undergraduate Course, McGill University

• Intermediate Microeconomics, Undergraduate Course, McGill University