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Associate Professor of Strategy

Portrait of Nicola Bianchi, Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management

Nicola Bianchi is an Associate Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Fellow at the Rockwool Foundation Berlin, and a member of CEPR’s Research Policy Network on the Economics of Longevity and Ageing. Prior to Kellogg, he earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.

Professor Bianchi’s research sits at the intersection of labor economics, the economics of education, and economic history. His work studies how organizations and public policies shape careers and long-run outcomes. His research has been published in leading economics journals, including the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Political Economy, the Economic Journal, and the Journal of Labor Economics.

About Nicola
Research interests
  • Labor Economics
  • Economics of Education
  • Economic History
  • Innovation
  • Public Economics.
Teaching interests
  • Data Analytics
  • Business Analytics
  • People Analytics
  • Public Policy.
  • Ph.D., 2015, Economics, Stanford University
    M.S., 2008, Economics, Universita Bocconi, Summa Cum Laude
    B.A., 2006, Business Administration, Universita Bocconi, Summa Cum Laude
  • Associate Professor, Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2025-present
    Assistant Professor, Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2015-2025
  • Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2025-present
    Member of the Research Policy Network on the Economics of Longevity and Ageing, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 2024-present
    Research Fellow, RFBerlin, Rockwool Foundation, 2025-present
    Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research, 2015-present
    Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017-2025
  • Chairs Core Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management
    "Ezio Tarantelli" Award for best paper presented at the Italian Association of Labor Economics Annual Conference, AIEL
    Chairs Core Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management
    SEED Grant, California Center for Population Research
    Chairs Core Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, Fall
    Kellogg Faculty Impact Award, DECS-431
    Arthur H. Cole Grant, Economic History Association

Business Analytics II (DECS-431-0)

This sequel to DECS-430 extends the statistical techniques learned in that course to allow for the exploration of relationships between variables, primarily through multivariate regression. In addition to learning basic regression skills, including modeling and estimation, students will deepen their understanding of hypothesis testing and how to make inferences and predictions from data. Students will also learn new principles such as identification and robustness. The course has an intense focus on managerial relevant applications, cases and interpretations.