I am an economist studying how AI reshapes cognitive work, decision-making,
and the design of firms and markets.

Partnering with organizations, I conduct large-scale natural field experiments to measure the causal impacts of AI on performance and behavior, as well as lab-in-field experiments to explore the cognitive mechanisms underlying these effects. My research combines the economics of AI and behavioral economics with implications for workers, firms, and policy.

I am the Howard and Nancy Marks Principal Research Fellow at the Roman Family Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago Booth Business School, and an affiliated researcher with the Booth Center for Applied AI. I received a PhD in economics from PSE in July 2023.

I will be on the academic job market in the 2025-2026 cycle.

Curriculum Vitae
brian.jabarian@chicagobooth.edu

Recent Awards

Thaler-Tversky Independent Research Grant, 2025
Booth Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence Seed Grant, 2025
Google Cloud Education Research Program Grant, 2025
Becker-Friedman Institute, Research Program in Behavioral Economics, Research Seed Grant, 2024
Swiss National Fund Research Grant, 2024-2027 (co-PI recipient with P. G. Piacquadio)