Cornell ILR Assistant Professor | Stony Brook, UPenn, IZA, and Obama Admin alum | All things food, travel, and economics
Ithaca, NY
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Not sure who had a bigger smile yesterday, me or my dad who took this photo of me at my new office in @cornellilr
Come join The Labor Hub!
Whether it’s hosting a workshop, visiting a university, hiring a research assistant, sharing a new research paper, or entering the job market, the Labor Hub is the place to get the word out.
Big announcement to the Labor Econ Community: We have created the "Labor Hub" - a platform to exchange relevant info (events, jobs, visits, SI, papers...) - Apply to become a member! Job market candidates especially encouraged to apply! Link: laborhub.ilr.cornell.edu/ Please share!
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Robert Sockin, chief US economist at PGIM, says the US economy needs two more rate hikes at a minimum and that “the broader direction is up” for interest rates even if the Federal Reserve does not move at this month’s meeting bloom.bg/4hMtf7L
Come join The Labor Hub!
Whether it’s hosting a workshop, visiting a university, hiring a research assistant, sharing a new research paper, or entering the job market, the Labor Hub is the place to get the word out.
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Job ads can signal hidden job traits. Evidence from German workers shows this distorts discrete choice estimates of workers’ willingness to pay, from Pawel Adrjan, Mária Balgova, @simon_jaeger, Jonas Jessen, and @JSockin nber.org/papers/w35457
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How do social connections shape careers? Join me tomorrow for a conversation with @JSockin
Looking forward to this event with @JSockin
The Buddy System
How Connections Shape Careers
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 10am EDT
Register here: ecornell.cornell.edu/keynote…
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When firms take political stances, workers sort accordingly. Firm announcements post Dobbs reshaped who applies, who quits, and how politics increasingly organize the labor market, from Pawel Adrjan, Svenja Gudell, @emilynix100, Allison Shrivastava, @JSockin, and @evanpstarr nber.org/papers/w34948
Tune in for an eCornell Keynote where @BelotMichele and I discuss
The Buddy System
How Connections Shape Careers
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 10am EDT
ecornell.cornell.edu/keynote…
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Looking forward to this event with @JSockin
The Buddy System
How Connections Shape Careers
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 10am EDT
Register here: ecornell.cornell.edu/keynote…
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Curious why job seekers turn down job offers after EASY interviews? We use ~500K interview reports plus a field experiment to show interview difficulty signals to workers whether the job is a good fit.
Check out the fantastic @JSockin's talk from NBER ORG Econ (w/ @ellliottt).
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Finally had a chance to read this excellent paper.
Limitations on data and methods have thus far kept us from understanding what actually happens at the interview stage of the job market.
It looks like signaling is really happening in both directions, with both workers/firms using interviews to eval fit.
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If you’re at or near U of Toronto on Nov 12, please try to catch the fantastic @JSockin talking about “Interviews” (joint w/ @ellliottt).
We show that the difficulty of the interview signals to workers whether the job is a good fit.
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Perhaps the future of hiring is not AI, but a dating app...
In ~10 days my fantastic co-author @JSockin presents our paper “Interviews” (with @ellliottt) at @nberpubs. We show candidates walk away when an interview feels “too easy”—they assume the firm would hire anyone.
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Our paper is out as a CEPR Working Paper, but there’s a paywall. Please use the freely downloadable version on SSRN (which links to CESifo).
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New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20793
Interviews
Elliott Ash @ellliottt @ETH_en, Soumitra Shukla @HarvardHBS, Jason Sockin @Cornell
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#CEPR_LE #CEPR_OE #EconTwitter
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Very excited to announce that Cornell is hiring an AP in Labor Econ, and I will be chairing the recruitment committee. Please spread the word!
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Attending NBER SI? At 10:35am tomorrow, @JSockin will present our work with @ellliottt and me showing how your interview process shapes how job seekers form perceptions of you as an employer. These impressions can impact everything from offer acceptance to employee retention!
Hosting a keynote today with the incomparable @BelotMichele , tune in at 1pm EDT!
ecornell.cornell.edu/keynote…
My second pod! Check out the latest episode of @busscholarship where Avner Ben-Ner and I discuss our recent work showing employees are more satisfied with their jobs when they own part of the company.
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