BIOGRAPHY CARD

Current Positions
Assistant Professor of Economics and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy (tenure-track)
The School of Computer Science (by courtesy)

I am an economist studying the social and economic impacts of AI and our institutional responses to these transformations. My research builds new empirical infrastructures to measure AI’s real-world impacts and design evidence-based AI policies. To build these infrastructures, I rely on large-scale field experiments and surveys, AI simulations, and prediction markets as measurement instruments and develop academic-industry partnerships (including research programs and teams) with organizations deploying frontier AI systems (Agentic Hiring).

I received my Ph.D. in economics from the Paris School of Economics and my Ph.D. in philosophy from the Sorbonne, both in 2023. My work has been funded by diverse research grants and unrestricted research gifts, covered by leading media outlets, and published in leading academic journals.

Selected Awards & Fellowships
Google, Inaugural AI & Economy Researcher
Microsoft AI Economy Institute, Senior Fellow
J-PAL, Partnership for AI Evidence, Invited Researcher
Stigler Center, Affiliate Fellow
Chicago Booth, Thaler-Tversky Independent Research Award

Research Interests & Areas
Behavioral & Experimental Economics; Economics of AI;
Digital Economy and Information Systems; Ethics of AI

Industry Partnerships & Research Programs
Agentic Hiring

Contact Information
jabarian@cmu.edu | Curriculum Vitae | Google Scholar