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Ioana Marinescu

@imarinescu.bsky.social
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Economist @PennSP2, former principal economist DOJ #Antitrust. #AI, labor, IO, public, macro. Member, Anthropic Economic Advisory Council. Better the world through knowledge. www.marinescu.eu

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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m back on my student stomping grounds at @lsedatascience.bsky.social for the Global Forum for #AI and the Social Sciences. It is livestreamed so you can sign up: www.lse.ac.uk/global-ai-fo.... I’m speaking tomorrow on a panel on policy responses to AI.
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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A v cool paper providing a useful framework. ”In the central case, automation in the intelligence sector is completed after 6.9y, reaching its ceiling of 87%, at which point automation-driven unemployment reaches 8.4% (and average worker income fell by 5.8% relative to 2024“
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I've just posted a new preliminary paper: “Calibrating AI automation and its labor market impacts.” AI-driven labor automation is endogenous and tied to the accumulation of AI capital, using data-center and hyperscaler investment to discipline its growth. #EconSky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Calibrating AI automation and its labor market impacts
We are early in the latest AI technological revolution, and there are vastly different projections circulating about the impact of AI on the labor market; most
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What’s the future of US workforce policy in the age of AI? Joining @beyer.house.gov (Congressional AI Caucus co-Chair) and Dmitri Adler, Merav Yuravlivker, and Jack Malde for a Hill briefing on May 13. Register: luma.com/xvloy4tl
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Cary Coglianese @cary-coglianese.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Now on YouTube: a Penn-led conversation on Trump’s National Policy Framework for AI, with Ioanna Marinescu, Jennifer Rothman, Kevin Werbach, & Christopher Yoo. youtu.be/r6gNVIZ47d8 @imarinescu.bsky.social @kwerb.com @upenn.edu @theregreview.bsky.social @penncareylaw.bsky.social
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Trump's AI Policy Framework
YouTube video by Penn Program on Regulation
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Join us at Penn this Friday April 24 for a discussion of "Social Good in the Age of #AI: Disruption & Possibility": ai.upenn.edu/social-good-...
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Social Good in the Age of AI: Disruption & Possibility
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🎉I'll be promoted to full professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice, effective July 2026! Grateful for of the many people who've helped and challenged me along the way. Now off to work on #AI and its impact on the economy, society, & policy!
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Exciting funding opportunity for #AI economics research! The call focuses on labor market impacts & scientific productivity. Apply to this RFP. As a program partner, I am excited to learn about your work while reviewing your applications! schmidtsciences.smapply.io/prog/ai_at_w...
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AI at Work - 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest - Schmidt Sciences
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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Next was a compelling panel on antitrust and labor with Rosa M. Morales, Suresh Naidu, @imarinescu.bsky.social, @evanpstarr.bsky.social, and Jonathan Guryan www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1V6... (7/9)
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Market Power in Transition Conference: Antitrust and Labor
YouTube video by Columbia Business School
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Everyone's excited about robot fry cooks. But here's what I told @fortune.com: the question isn't whether we can automate restaurant kitchens — it's whether it's worth it economically. Robot hardware costs are declining far slower than AI software costs. fortune.com/2026/02/26/r...
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Meet your new robot fry cooks: Inside the $28 billion race to disrupt White Castle and Jack in the Box | Fortune
Miso Robotics’ Flippy slung chicken tenders and Tater Tots at Dodger Stadium, and CEO Rich Hull has bigger ambitions for the tech.
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
UK minister floats UBI to cushion AI job losses. I weighed in Fortune. My take: we need safety nets that scale with uncertainty. But will AI's winners support redistribution once they've won? 🔗 fortune.com/2026/02/01/elon-musk-optional-work-fantasy-universal-basic-income-uk-minister-jason-stockwood
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“In my mind, I see like little marbles or something,” Marinescu said. “It's like, plop, plop, plop, plop. Widget, widget, widget, widget.” That's my very smart quote in this @marketplace.org episode about productivity measurement #EconSky www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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How do "widgets" fit into our services-based economy?
Widgets are a general stand-in for any produced good. But how do we think about widgets when goods are only a fraction of what we produce?
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The impact of AI on the labor market seen through the computational neuroscience lens 👇. Our Brookings paper is now posted on SSRN.
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Welcome to #ASSA2026 in my home town! Please say hi if you see me in the corridors 😊! I look forward to seeing some of you tonight at the LERA research panel & reception w. Jared Bernstein @ericagroshen.bsky.social @darrickhamilton.bsky.social #EconSky
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
How can we respond to the impact of transformative #AI on the labor market? In this Digitalist Paper, I propose: AI “adjustment insurance” (AI-AI) to help workers with transitory job losses, and a “digital dividend” to support those permanently without work. www.digitalistpapers.com/vol2/marinescu
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Got my @econ5k.bsky.social T-shirt, #EconSky, and you should too if you're an econ runner! I hope to see you in Philly in January #ASSA2026 sites.google.com/view/econ5k/...
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Your truly on Musk’s post-work society prediction. fortune.com/2025/11/20/e...
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Good morning, chilly Amherst! Looking forward to my talk today on #AI saturation & the future of work, and to seeing dear colleagues & meeting new ones! #AcademicLife
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FAR.AI @far.ai · 18/11/2025
It's a wrap on the AGI Journalism Workshop in D.C., co-hosted with the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. ▸ AGI timelines, jobs, misalignment, U.S.–China policy & regulation ▸ @hlntnr.bsky.social, @akorinek.bsky.social, @imarinescu.bsky.social, @gleave.me, @alexbores.nyc, @deanwb.bsky.social + more
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
New @brookings.edu paper w. @kordinglab.bsky.social : Artificial Intelligence Saturation & the Future of Work. Wages can ↗️&↘️with #AI automation, as humans are pushed into physical jobs. In the longer run, intelligence saturation limits benefits from #AI. www.brookings.edu/articles/art... #EconSky
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(Artificial) Intelligence saturation and the future of work | Brookings
In a new working paper, UPenn's Konrad Kording and Ioana Marinescu present a novel framework for assessing AI and the future of work
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
#AI research fellow job at Schmidt Sciences. You can take it as a year of leave from your university too. One of the areas of focus is AI’s impact on the labor market #EconSky 👇
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Listen to our conversation on competition and #monopsony in the labor market, and the #antitrust policy implications. I had a lot of fun talking to David Fisher from AAI, like we had to cut out some of the laughing 🤭. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! www.antitrustinstitute.org/work-product...
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From Labor Market Theory to Antitrust Policy: A Conversation with Ioana Marinescu - American Antitrust Institute
On this episode of Ruled by Reason, AAI Senior Counsel David O. Fisher talks with leading economist Ioana Marinescu about the theoretical frameworks underpinning labor monopsony and how they apply … C...
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Nice to see our work covered here 👇
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Congratulations to my mentor and co-author Philippe Aghion!!!! His broad contributions to economics and boundless creative energy are truly inspiring.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 25/09/2025
AI Acquihires: Competition Risks, Talent Battles and Economic Spillovers Webinar - 8 October @ 17:00 CEST 🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac... #EconSky
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Fellow economists, what kind of question would you most like to be asked when meeting someone at a conference? #EconSky 1. What are your working on? 2. What is your field? 3. What is exciting in your field? 4. Other: spill the beans!
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16/09/2025
Common Ownership & Employee Earnings updated & improved Consider a pair of companies that sell into the same product market. If pair shares common owners, the owners have incentive for pair to soften competition. Same with local labor market competition papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Common Ownership and Employee Earnings *
José Azar Xin Dai Yue Qiu Aaron Sojourner
September 15, 2025
Abstract
Using administrative data in the manufacturing sector from the U.S. Census Bureau, this paper provides the first evidence on the effect of common ownership on
employee earnings. Using firms’ additions to the S&P 500 index as a shock to their
local competitors’ common ownership, we find that, after a same-industry competitor enters the S&P 500 index, the average employee earnings of S&P 500 incumbents
in the same local labor market decrease. Additionally, these firms’ employment increases. These findings are inconsistent with the canonical oligopsony models but our generalized model of oligopsony incorporating a recruitment intensity margin can rationalize them
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Proud to support @anthropic.com’s new Economic Futures Program as a member of their Economic Advisory Council! • Research grants up to $50,000 (rolling basis) • Policy proposal competition • Expanded Economic Index data access Apply: www.anthropic.com/economic-futures #AI #EconSky
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Anthropic Economic Futures
A multidisciplinary program funding research grants, policy development, and data infrastructure to help society understand and navigate AI's economic transformation.
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“Us vs. them” mentality is not the way to intellectual progress nor to a healthy democratic debate.👇
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Simon Jäger @simonjaeger.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Very excited that our paper (joint with Jarkko Harju and ‪@schoefer.bsky.social‬) on "Voice at Work" is published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. We study what happened when workers in Finnish firms got a right to worker voice on the corporate board. 👇
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Maximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🧨 New draft dropped:🧨 "Cash Transfers, Mental Health and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany" maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p... Companion paper to our paper on basic income and labor supply. Corresponding author Freddie Schwerter (@freddieschwerter.bsky.social). #basicincome #UBI
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Yes, continuing unemployment claims are up, but the US labor market remains remarkably stable across most indicators in 2025. Context matters: this is a slight softening, not a crisis. My analysis in @Forbes.com explains the full picture www.forbes.com/sites/zachar... #EconSky​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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More Americans Staying On Unemployment Amid ‘Slight Slowdown’ Of Economy
Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Huge sleeper issue is how states will (or won’t) be able to absorb huge SNAP cuts in BBB. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
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Gov. Josh Shapiro said he’s not sure SNAP will be able to exist in Pa. under President Trump’s megabill
Pennsylvania won't be able afford the cost of federal food assistance if Trump's tax and spending plan becomes reality, Shapiro said.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 03/07/2025
The report looks strong. The Powell attack was disconnected. +147K jobs gained last month (mid-May to mid-June). +16K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months The big picture
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/06/2025
EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
So excited to witness the opening of a new pedestrian bridge in Philadelphia!!! This was a special preview event and the official opening is on Saturday: schuylkillbanks.org. #Philly proud!
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Antoine Germain @ant1germain.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
JM update: it's been a while that I should have announced here that this summer I'll join @upenn.edu as a postdoc working with @imarinescu.bsky.social . I really look forward to it and I am immensely grateful to my letter writers for support on this #econjobmarket !
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I’m excited to join @Anthropic.com’s Advisory Council, to provide guidance on the economic implications of #AI. I’m thrilled to be part of this illustrious group, including @johnjhorton.bsky.social @akorinek.bsky.social @johnlist.bsky.social. #EconSky www.anthropic.com/news/introdu...
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Introducing the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council
Today, we’re announcing the formation of the Anthropic Economic Advisory Council, a group of distinguished economists who will provide Anthropic with expert guidance on the economic implications of AI...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/04/2025
Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.
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Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says
The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
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Kelly Foley @kellyfoley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Registration for the @cleforum.bsky.social conference (April 25 & 26 in Toronto, in partnership with @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social ) open until April 15. Join us for a keynote lecture by @imarinescu.bsky.social and papers on wide variety of labour topics: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...
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Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If you do this since 1929, it's even worse. Today was worse than 99.6% of trading days since 1929. It was the 95th worst day of all time (out of >24,000 days), and the 35th worst day since 1945.
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Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The Stone Centre is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming @cleforum.bsky.social conference, featuring presentations from @imarinescu.bsky.social, Stone Centre Director, Thomas Lemieux, and many others. Registration is now open: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Reminder: you have until March 31 to apply for this #AI funding opportunity, Looking forward to reading your proposals! #EconSky 👇
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Are the 2020s the disaster decade? David Brooks thinks every historical time has its own disaster, except maybe the 1990s. I grew up in the 1990s, so maybe that’s one more way I’ve been very lucky. What do you think? 1990s yay or nay? 🤔
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Excited to speak at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice’s webinar on climate’s influence on health, politics, and the labor force. Register here: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
1/ I genuinely love mentoring and wish students would reach out more often for advice or deep discussions. Yet many hesitate, even within formal mentorship relationships. Why is that? 🤔
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Looking forward to seeing you all in Toronto at the Conference of the Camadian Labour Economics #EconSky👇
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I learned a new term today: rollup. When an outside investor consecutively acquires many of the small firms in a local market and consolidates them. When this occurs with anesthesia practices, prices increase by 18%. I'm paraphrasing an NBER summary of this paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33217
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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🚀 Funding opportunity (now with correct link)! 🚀 What does #AI mean for the labor market? 🤔 I'm excited to partner with Schmidt Sciences to offer up to $200,000 in funding for early-career researchers! 🗓️ Deadline March 31 2025 🗓️ 🙏 Share! #EconSky 🔗 Learn more & apply: schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/
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Home - Schmidt Sciences
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Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · 25/02/2025
After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
We use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically data cleaning, research design, and the interpretat
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