Research

Working papers

Equalizing or Polarizing? Generative AI and Research Productivity in Economics

(with Tianyu Jiang)

Does generative AI narrow or widen productivity gaps in research? Using NBER working-paper records, text-based measures of AI-assisted writing, and a survey of 227 economists, we find weak evidence that AI changes average output, but large differences across researchers. Greater AI exposure narrows the output gap between researchers with and without research assistants.

Research in progress

The Believed Ambition Penalty in the Marriage Market

Do men penalize a woman’s career when they choose a partner, and do women know what men penalize? I run incentivized partner-choice experiments in which choices are used to recommend real matches. I separate a woman’s income from her time, and her job today from her work after children.

Empire by Design: American Social Engineering and Philippine Development

(with Mika Inoue, Dean Yang, and JC Punongbayan)

Motivated Reasoning and Gender Antagonism

Third-year paper

How much do men and women misjudge the hostility of the other gender, and do people avoid information that would correct these beliefs? I study this with incentivized online surveys.