Jesse Silbert
@jessesilbert.bsky.social
Princeton Econ PhD Student studying IO, Labor, AI, and Market Design. I am on the 2025-2026 academic job market.
https://jesse-silbert.github.io/
https://jesse-silbert.github.io/
Very excited to see my JMP (with Anaïs Galdin) covered by the Economist! Read the full paper here: jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silbert_jmp.pdf
A good cover letter serves as a form of signalling, demonstrating that the applicant cares enough about the position to go through a laborious process. Or, at least, it used to
How AI is breaking cover letters
And leading to lower pay
econ.st
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Very excited to see my JMP (with Anaïs Galdin) covered by the Economist! Read the full paper here: jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silbert_jmp.pdf
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Jesse Silbert’s job market paper studies how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, through automating writing, disrupt labor markets that rely on writing as a costly signal of match quality. jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silb...
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Jesse Silbert’s job market paper studies how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, through automating writing, disrupt labor markets that rely on writing as a costly signal of match quality. jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silb...