Raffaella Sadun

@raffasadun.bsky.social

Professor at Harvard Business School. Director of the NBER Organizational Economics working group. Co-Director of the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=541712

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Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.

The Review of Economic Studies (REStud)@reveconstudies.bsky.social · last yr.

Li, @lindseyraymond.bsky.social & @peterbergman.bsky.social show that incorporating exploration into an interview screening algorithm improves demographic diversity & hiring efficiency, while traditional supervised learning-only tools improve hiring rates at the expense of minority applicants. 👇

Excited for the NBER ORG meeting this week! Thanks Raffaella Sadun & Andrea Prat for leading this forward-thinking group exploring fascinating topics, including AI and labor markets. Enjoyed discussing Anna’s paper on class gaps last fall—delighted to return!

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If you'd like to teach about the new economics of supply networks and their fragility this spring (see thread below for an application), here's a short list of broadly accessible resources you might find useful.

Ben Golub@bengolub.bsky.social · last yr.

Look at the structure of modern supply networks. Most of these sourcing relationships cross borders. And most of these relationships operate on low margins. That means big tariffs will shut down a considerable number of them. 3/

Apply by 6-Feb: NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp, July 11-17 With support from Open Philanthropy: - classes: Pierre Azoulay, Kevin Bryan, Ina Ganguli, Ben Jones, Chad Jones, Kyle Myers, and me - panel: Matt Clancy, Dylan Matthews, Caleb Watney - keynotes: Glenn Hubbard & Ronnie Chatterji

NBER@nber.org · 2y ago

Open call for applications, NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp 2025. Bootcamp to be held in Cambridge, MA on July 11-17, 2025. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 6, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/nber-innovation-research-boot-camp-2025

CEOs are vital for firm productivity, yet poorer countries lack "leader" CEOs, causing mismatches that cut productivity by 20 percent. Policies to address mismatches can boost growth, from Dahlstrand, László, Schweiger, Bandiera, Prat, and Sadun https://www.nber.org/papers/w33324

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