Peyman Shahidi

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E62-461,

100 Main Street,

Cambridge, MA, 02142


I'm a Ph.D. Candidate at MIT Sloan, interested in labor economics, market design, and economics of AI.

Here's my CV. You can reach me at peymansh@mit.edu.

Published

  1. Book Chapter
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    The Coasean Singularity? Demand, Supply, and Market Design with AI Agents
    Peyman Shahidi, Gili Rusak, Benjamin S. Manning, Andrey Fradkin, and John J. Horton
    Dec 2025
    (Chapter 6 in NBER Economics of Transformative AI by University of Chicago Press)
    PDF NBER Book Chapter NBER Working Paper Slides Twitter Thread

Working Papers

  1. Working Paper
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    Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation
    Mert Demirer, John J. Horton, Nicole Immorlica, Brendan Lucier, and Peyman Shahidi
    Working Paper, Feb 2026
    PDF NBER Working Paper
  2. Working Paper
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    Remote Work and The Ruble Collapse: A Global Labor Market Equilibrating?
    John J. Horton, Anand Shah, and Peyman Shahidi
    Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Labor Economics, Feb 2024
    Draft available upon request.
  3. Working Paper
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    Changes in Online Taxi Drivers’ Labor Supply: Experience or Price Effect? Evidence from an Iranian Ridesharing Platform
    Peyman Shahidi
    Working Paper, Feb 2023
    Draft available upon request.

Work in Progress

  1. Generative AI and the Skill Content of Jobs
    Peyman Shahidi and Soumitra Shukla