John Horton

John Horton

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 27

North America-United States

About John Horton

John Horton, With an exceptional h-index of 27 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializes in the field of Labor Economics, Digitization, Information Systems, Market Design.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Automated Social Science: Language Models as Scientist and Subjects

Physicalization of Social Experiments: Harnessing Large Language Models for Automated Exploration of Emergent Behaviors in Simulated Social Systems

More, but Worse: The Impact of AI Writing Assistance on the Supply and Quality of Job Posts

Ride-sharing markets re-equilibrate

The Tragedy of Your Upstairs Neighbors: The Negative Externalities of Home-Sharing Platforms

Algorithmic writing assistance on jobseekers’ resumes increases hires

The Impact of AI Writing Assistance on Job Posts and the Supply of Jobs on an Online Labor Market

Large Language Models as Simulated Economic Agents: What Can We Learn from Homo Silicus?

John Horton Information

University

Position

MIT Sloan School of Management & NBER

Citations(all)

9167

Citations(since 2020)

5267

Cited By

5933

hIndex(all)

27

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

31

i10Index(since 2020)

28

Email

University Profile Page

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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John Horton Skills & Research Interests

Labor Economics

Digitization

Information Systems

Market Design

Top articles of John Horton

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Automated Social Science: Language Models as Scientist and Subjects

Benjamin S Manning

Kehang Zhu

John J Horton

2024/4/29

Physicalization of Social Experiments: Harnessing Large Language Models for Automated Exploration of Emergent Behaviors in Simulated Social Systems

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Kehang Zhu

Benjamin Manning

John Horton

2024/3/5

More, but Worse: The Impact of AI Writing Assistance on the Supply and Quality of Job Posts

Emma Wiles

John J Horton

2024/2/27

Ride-sharing markets re-equilibrate

Jonathan V Hall

John J Horton

Daniel T Knoepfle

2023/2/27

The Tragedy of Your Upstairs Neighbors: The Negative Externalities of Home-Sharing Platforms

Apostolos Filippas

John J Horton

2023/11/2

Algorithmic writing assistance on jobseekers’ resumes increases hires

Emma Wiles

Zanele T Munyikwa

John J Horton

2023/2/13

The Impact of AI Writing Assistance on Job Posts and the Supply of Jobs on an Online Labor Market

Emma Wiles

John J Horton

2023/10/31

Large Language Models as Simulated Economic Agents: What Can We Learn from Homo Silicus?

Working Paper

John Horton

2023

Subsidizing Job Search Considered Harmful: Evidence from a Field Experiment (Preliminary)

Apostolos Filippas

Andrey Fradkin

John J Horton

2023/7/25

How many Americans work remotely? a survey of surveys and their measurement issues

Erik Brynjolfsson

John J Horton

Christos Makridis

Alexandre Mas

Adam Ozimek

...

2023/5/1

Advertising as Coordination: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Apostolos Filippas

John J Horton

Diego Urraca

2023/4/4

The Surprisingly Low Cost of Free Goods: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Apostolos Filippas

John J Horton

Richard J Zeckhauser

2023/11/4

Algorithmic advice as a credence good

ZEW-Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper

Jan Biermann

John J Horton

Johannes Walter

2022

Consumer Demand with Social Influences: Evidence from an E-Commerce Platform

El Hadi Caoui

Chiara Farronato

John J Horton

Robert Schultz

2022/8/15

PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE

Harald Fadinger

Christian Ghiglino

Mariya Teteryatnikova

2015/2

Job-seekers send too many applications: Experimental evidence and a partial solution

Manuscript, MIT

John Horton

Shoshana Vasserman

2021/2/5

The effects of search advertising on competitors: An experiment before a merger

Management science

Joseph Golden

John Joseph Horton

2021/1

Cheap talk messages for market design: Theory and evidence from a labor market with directed search

John J Horton

Ramesh Johari

Philipp Kircher

2021/11/8

The Ruble Collapse in an Online Marketplace: Some Lessons for Market Designers

John J Horton

2021/4/26

The production and consumption of social media

Apostolos Filippas

John J Horton

2021/4/12

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Co-Authors

H-index: 107
Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson

Stanford University

H-index: 104
Richard Zeckhauser

Richard Zeckhauser

Harvard University

H-index: 92
David G. Rand

David G. Rand

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 82
Robert C. Miller

Robert C. Miller

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 64
Michael S. Bernstein

Michael S. Bernstein

Stanford University

H-index: 59
John Zimmerman

John Zimmerman

Carnegie Mellon University

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