John J. Horton
MIT Sloan Professor, Co-founder Expected Parrot, Economist & Researcher
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Automated Social Science: Language Models as Scientist and Subjects
January 1, 2024Investigates the application of language models in social science, both as tools for scientific inquiry and as subjects of study, co-authored with Kehang Zhu and Benjamin Manning.
Large Language Models as Simulated Economic Agents: What Can We Learn from Homo Silicus?
January 1, 2023Explores the use of large language models as simulated economic agents to gain insights into economic behavior and social science research. This paper is currently under review at the Review of Economics and Statistics.
Price floors and employer preferences: Evidence from a minimum wage experiment
January 1, 2023An experimental study examining the effects of minimum wage on employer behavior and preferences, conditionally accepted by the American Economic Review.
Algorithmic writing assistance on jobseekers resumes increases hires
January 1, 2023Research demonstrating how algorithmic writing assistance can positively impact job seekers' success rates, co-authored with Emma Wiles and Zanele Munyikwa, currently under review at Management Science.
The tragedy of your upstairs neighbors
January 1, 2016A study on the economic and social implications of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb, co-authored with Apostolos Filippas, under review at the Journal of Public Economics.
The online laboratory: Conducting experiments in a real labor market
January 1, 2010Pioneering work on using online platforms as laboratories for economic experiments, co-authored with D.G. Rand and R.J. Zeckhauser, published in Experimental Economics.