BIOGRAPHY CARD

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

I am an economist studying how frontier AI systems are transforming work, organizations, and markets. My research builds new empirical infrastructure to measure AI’s real-world impacts through large-scale field experiments, AI simulations, and prediction markets. To build these measurement instruments, I develop academic–industry partnerships, research programs, and teams with organizations deploying frontier AI systems.

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.

Affiliations
Google, Inaugural Google AI & Economy Researcher

The Stigler Center, Stigler Affiliate Fellow
Chicago Booth Center for Applied AI, Affiliate
J-PAL, Invited Researcher
CESifo, Research Network Fellow

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

Research Programs
Agentic Hiring

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