Jesse Silbert
@jessesilbert.bsky.social
Princeton Econ PhD Student studying IO, Labor, AI, and Market Design. I am on the 2025-2026 academic job market.
https://jesse-silbert.github.io/
https://jesse-silbert.github.io/
Reposted by Jesse Silbert
The Intelligence podcast from The Economist featured our new paper on how AI has transformed signaling on global freelancing platforms (second story): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t.... With @jessesilbert.bsky.social
Wage against the machine: the distortions of minimum pay
Podcast Episode · The Intelligence from The Economist · 11/25/2025 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Intelligence podcast from The Economist featured our new paper on how AI has transformed signaling on global freelancing platforms (second story): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t.... With @jessesilbert.bsky.social
Very excited to see my JMP (with Anaïs Galdin) covered by the Economist! Read the full paper here: jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silbert_jmp.pdf
A good cover letter serves as a form of signalling, demonstrating that the applicant cares enough about the position to go through a laborious process. Or, at least, it used to
How AI is breaking cover letters
And leading to lower pay
econ.st
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very excited to see my JMP (with Anaïs Galdin) covered by the Economist! Read the full paper here: jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silbert_jmp.pdf
Reposted by Jesse Silbert
Jesse Silbert’s job market paper studies how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, through automating writing, disrupt labor markets that rely on writing as a costly signal of match quality. jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silb...
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Jesse Silbert’s job market paper studies how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, through automating writing, disrupt labor markets that rely on writing as a costly signal of match quality. jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silb...