@AlexBartik

Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 Illinois, USA
alexbartik.com
Joined December 2008
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New pre-doc positions: @arpitrage and I are hiring for two pre-docs, one to start ASAP and one to start next Fall, to help expand our work using LLMs to measure and study zoning codes in the US. Please apply here: apply.interfolio.com/176538
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Bad News: I came back from paternity leave to a layoff. Good News: I can sell work, join your remote team, and show off what I can build again. Cool Thing I've Built: A home Jarvis that orchestrates agentic coding projects from idea through to a fully finished repo.
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QJE@QJEHarvardOct 13
#QJE Nov 2026, #1, “The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States,” by Vivalt, Rhodes, Bartik, Broockman, Krause, and Miller: doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjag042

The Employment Effects of a Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Two U.S. States*

Abstract. We study the causal effects of income on a rich array of employment outcomes, leveraging an experiment in which 1,000 low-income individuals were

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🚨 Public good alert: I put together a list of 100+ free datasets for social science research, spanning a large number of topics. I hope it's useful for students, researchers, and anyone looking for interesting data to explore. Contributions are welcome! github.com/toddrjones/datase…

GitHub - toddrjones/datasets: A collection of free datasets useful for use in applied microeconom...

A collection of free datasets useful for use in applied microeconomics, data visualization, etc. - toddrjones/datasets

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This is impressive and may very well be the future. It is much more user-friendly and informative than the traditional PDF with enormous appendices. The review process will need to adapt, but we can find a way. @AEAjournals Here is the link: nobel-prizes.devdatalab.org
Paul Novosad
@paulnovosadOct 8
What should an open scientific paper look like in the AI age? We made a demonstration project out of our paper on the childhood socioeconomic circumstances of the Nobel Laureates. Please check it out and share. Details in 🧵 1/
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Reminder that @arpitrage and I are hiring a predoc at NYU stern starting in Fall 2027. This is an opportunity to work on a great team building AI tools to understand housing markets better. Check it out here: apply.interfolio.com/194498
Arpit Gupta
@arpitrageOct 1
🚨New predoc position!🚨 @AlexBartik and I are hiring a predoc at NYU Stern, starting Fall 2027 You would help us build AI tools to measure zoning rules and study how regulation impacts housing supply Ideal for AI enthusiasts who want to get a PhD apply.interfolio.com/194498
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Arpit Gupta
@arpitrageOct 1
🚨New predoc position!🚨 @AlexBartik and I are hiring a predoc at NYU Stern, starting Fall 2027 You would help us build AI tools to measure zoning rules and study how regulation impacts housing supply Ideal for AI enthusiasts who want to get a PhD apply.interfolio.com/194498
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Chenhao Tan
@ChenhaoTanSep 29
Excited to announce Living Science! Papers have been the de facto unit of knowledge in science. But science is not static and a paper is not meant to be the final destination, especially in empirical research. Empowered by AI agents, we're revisiting influential research as new data, models, and methods arrive, starting with economics. 🧵
Chenhao Tan
@ChenhaoTanSep 29

Introducing Living Science

Article · @ChenhaoTan
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John Horton
@johnjhortonSep 30
The "AI simulations will replace human subjects research" argument is wrong because they are almost certainly complements to each other rather than substitutes 1/
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I'm super stoked to be speaking at the 2027 Berkeley Culture Connect conference on “Integrating AI while embracing the human element.” If you have work that speaks to this, please feel free to email or DM me. I'd love to highlight relevant research during my talk :)
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Zoë Hitzig@zhitzigJun 17
We studied seven months of Claude Code usage — for now, success on coding tasks depends little on whether you have a coding background … 1/
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Zoë Hitzig@zhitzigSep 24
➕➕ New research ➕➕ On the design of agents for markets and markets for agents. AI agents are increasingly entering markets, acting on behalf of people— How do we make sure they represent their people well, and that these markets are set up safely and fairly for everyone?
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Emma Pierson@2plus2make5Sep 24
Looking for postdocs+PhDs to help lead a large-scale study of the effects of long-term AI use, a collaboration between Berkeley+@TransluceAI+others! Funding+positions available (postdocs/visiting researchers/Transluce affiliations). Please reshare; application in next tweet!
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Kevin Rinz@kevinrinzSep 24
I know we’re focused on looming AI-driven extinction now, but can you spare a thought for what’s going on with labor demand? I have a new paper about that
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Reminder - submit your papers to SOLE! Keynote speakers ⭐️ @kearney_melissa ⭐️ ⭐️ @leah_boustan ⭐️ And presidential lecture by ⭐️ @Econ_Sandy ⭐️
Hilary Hoynes@HilaryHoynesSep 15
The Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) will hold its 30th Annual Meeting April 30 - May 1 at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore, Maryland. The Call for Papers is OPEN. This is a fabulous conference for junior and senior faculty. MORE HERE: sole-jole.org/upcoming-meeti…
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So excited that the public microdata is out for the Open Research Unconditional income Study (ORUS)! 1000 folks were randomly given $1000/month and a 2000 person comparison group received $50/month for 3 years. Explore it yourself here: data.openresearchlab.org/
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To see what we've learned so far, check out our existing papers: Employment: academic.oup.com/qje/advance… Health: alexbartik.com/papers/DoesIn… Consumption: alexbartik.com/papers/ORUS_C… Kids: alexbartik.com/papers/ORUS_C… Intrahousehold: alexbartik.com/papers/Rhodes… Politics: alexbartik.com/papers/Politi…
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We're excited to see what else can be learned from the data. Check it out! @elizabethrds @pat_k_krause @evavivalt @dbroockman @smilleralert
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🚨 🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨 Excited to post a new paper on introducing mech. interp methods to power social simulations with AI agents! paper: arxiv.org/abs/2609.16436
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Eva Vivalt
@evavivaltSep 16
OpenResearch released a public-use data set for the OpenResearch Unconditional income Study (ORUS) - a guaranteed income experiment that paid $1,000/month to 1,000 people for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month. Test your hypotheses here: data.openresearchlab.org/ @elizabethrds @AlexBartik @dbroockman @pat_k_krause @smilleralert
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