John J. Horton

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1.

The Future of Crowd Work

16th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Coooperative Work (CSCW 2013), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 19 Dec 2012
Aniket Kittur, Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Michael Bernstein, Elizabeth M. Gerber, Aaron Shaw, John Zimmerman, Matthew Lease and John J. Horton
Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science, Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business, Stanford University, Northwestern University, Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Information and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Crowdsourcing, crowd work, organization design, research vision

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The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market

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The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market

Experimental Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2015
John J. Horton, David G. Rand and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Experimentation, Online Labor Markets, Internet

The Online Laboratory: Conducting Experiments in a Real Labor Market

NBER Working Paper No. w15961
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
John J. Horton, David G. Rand and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Tragedy of Your Upstairs Neighbors: When Is the Home-Sharing Externality Internalized?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 May 2014 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2017
Apostolos Filippas and John J. Horton
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Reputation Inflation

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Reputation Inflation

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Mar 2018
Apostolos Filippas, John J. Horton and Joseph Golden
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Collage.com
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online platforms, reputation systems, inflation, computational social science

Reputation in the Long-Run

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6750
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Apostolos Filippas, John J. Horton and Joseph Golden
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Collage.com
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Reputation Inflation

NBER Working Paper No. w25857
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023
Apostolos Filippas, John J. Horton and Joseph Golden
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Collage.com
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Price Floors and Employer Preferences: Evidence from a Minimum Wage Experiment

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Price Floors and Employer Preferences: Evidence from a Minimum Wage Experiment

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Jan 2017
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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minimum wages, labor demand, labor supply, experiments

Price Floors and Employer Preferences: Evidence from a Minimum Wage Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6548
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 24 Jul 2017
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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minimum wages, field experiments, hiring

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Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the Sharing Economy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Feb 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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sharing economy, peer-to-peer markets, rentals, Airbnb, Uber, transaction costs

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The Labor Economics of Paid Crowdsourcing

Proceedings of the 11th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce, 2010
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Apr 2010
John J. Horton and Lydia B. Chilton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and University of Washington
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Labor Supply, Crowdsourcing, Experimentation, Amazon Mechanical Turk

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Online Labor Markets

The 6th Workshop on Internet and Network Economics (WINE), 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 Oct 2010
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Online Labor Markets, Electronic Commerce

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The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

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The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Mechanical Turk, Field Experiments, Peer Effects, Productivity

The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

HKS Working Paper No. 16-027
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Peer Effects, Productivity, Effort, Field Experiments

The Causes of Peer Effects in Production: Evidence from a Series of Field Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w22386
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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The Dot-Guessing Game: A ‘Fruit Fly’ for Human Computation Research

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 08 May 2010
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Crowdsourcing, Human Computation, Mechanical Turk, Experimentation

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Procurement, Incentives and Bargaining Friction: Evidence from Government Contracts

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 04 May 2010
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Procurement, Transaction Costs, Bargaining Friction, Instrumental Variables

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Covid-19 and Remote Work: An Early Look at Us Data

NBER Working Paper No. w27344
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Erik Brynjolfsson, John J. Horton, Adam Ozimek, Daniel Rock, Garima Sharma and Hong Yi Tu Ye
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Upwork, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and MIT Sloan
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The Social Value of the Marginal Startup

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 May 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2016
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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venture capital, software engineers, Silicon Valley, labor markets, entrepreneurship

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How Do Employers Use Compensation History?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

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How Do Employers Use Compensation History?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Apr 2017
Moshe Barach and John J. Horton
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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How Do Employers Use Compensation History?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6559
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Aug 2017
Moshe Barach and John J. Horton
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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field experiments, compensation, search and screening

How Do Employers Use Compensation History?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w26627
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Moshe Barach and John J. Horton
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the 'Sharing Economy'

HKS Working Paper No. RWP16-007
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Mar 2016
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Sharing economy, peer-to-peer markets, rentals, Airbnb, Uber, bringing-to-market costs, transaction costs

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Algorithmic Advice as a Credence Good

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 22-071
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Jan 2023
Jan Biermann, John J. Horton and Johannes Walter
University of Hamburg, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Centre for European Economic Research Mannheim
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Human-algorithm decision making, algorithmic advice, credence goods

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Buyer Signaling Improves Matching: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2019
John J. Horton and Ramesh Johari
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Stanford University
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signaling, matching, market design, experimentation

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The Effects of Algorithmic Labor Market Recommendations: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2015
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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employer search, labor market intermediation, field experiments

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Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the "Sharing Economy"

NBER Working Paper No. w22029
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2023
John J. Horton and Richard J. Zeckhauser
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Buyer Uncertainty About Seller Capacity: Causes, Consequences, and a Partial Solution

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Buyer Uncertainty About Seller Capacity: Causes, Consequences, and a Partial Solution

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Apr 2018
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Buyer Uncertainty About Seller Capacity: Causes, Consequences, and a Partial Solution

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6985
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Jun 2018
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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labor economics, market design, digitization

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Designing Incentives for Inexpert Human Raters

Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2011
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 27 May 2017
Aaron Shaw, John J. Horton and Daniel L. Chen
Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France
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Experimentation, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Human Computation, Crowdsourcing, Search, Content Analysis, Economics, Sociology, Experimentation, Measurement, Human Factors

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Digitization and the Contract Labor Market: A Research Agenda

NBER Working Paper No. w19525
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Ajay K. Agrawal, John J. Horton, Nicola Lacetera and Elizabeth Lyons
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, University of Toronto - Strategic Management and University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows

NBER Working Paper No. w23398
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
John J. Horton, William Kerr and Christopher Stanton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Production and Consumption of Social Media

NBER Working Paper No. w28666
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2023
Apostolos Filippas and John J. Horton
Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Steering in Online Markets: The Role of Platform Incentives and Credibility

NBER Working Paper No. w25917
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Moshe Barach, Joseph Golden and John J. Horton
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, Collage.com and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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How Many Americans Work Remotely? A Survey of Surveys and Their Measurement Issues

NBER Working Paper No. w31193
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 May 2023 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Erik Brynjolfsson, John J. Horton, Christos Makridis, Alexandre Mas, Adam Ozimek, Daniel Rock and Hong Yi Tu Ye
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Stanford University, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Economic Innovation Group, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and MIT Sloan
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Algorithmic Writing Assistance on Jobseekers’ Resumes Increases Hires

NBER Working Paper No. w30886
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Emma van Inwegen, Zanele Munyikwa and John J. Horton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Ride-Sharing Markets Re-Equilibrate

NBER Working Paper No. w30883
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 27 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 21 May 2023
Jonathan Hall, John J. Horton and Daniel T. Knoepfle
Uber Technologies Inc., New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Uber Technologies Inc.
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Large Language Models as Simulated Economic Agents: What Can We Learn from Homo Silicus?

NBER Working Paper No. w31122
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Consumer Demand with Social Influences: Evidence from an E-Commerce Platform

NBER Working Paper No. w30351
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2023
El Hadi Caoui, El Hadi Caoui, Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton and Robert Schultz
Rotman School of ManagementUniversity of Toronto at Mississauga - Department of Management, Harvard University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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The Ruble Collapse in an Online Marketplace: Some Lessons for Market Designers

NBER Working Paper No. w28702
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
John J. Horton
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences
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Cheap Talk Messages for Market Design: Theory and Evidence from a Labor Market with Directed Search

NBER Working Paper No. w29445
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
John J. Horton, Ramesh Johari and Philipp Kircher
New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences, Stanford University and Cornell University
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Are Online Labor Markets Spot Markets for Tasks?: A Field Experiment on the Behavioral Response to Wage Cuts

Information Systems Research, Vol. 27(2), p. 403-423, 2016
Posted: 05 Jun 2017
Daniel L. Chen and John J. Horton
Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France and New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences

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Economics of IS; Electronic Commerce; Field Experiments; IT and New Organizational Forms