Ioana Marinescu (@mioana) / X

Ioana Marinescu

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Ioana Marinescu

@mioana

Economist @PennSP2, former principal economist at DOJ #Antitrust. #AI ,#Labor, public, IO, macro. Member @AnthropicAI Economic Advisory Council

Philadelphia, PA

Joined July 2009

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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Nov 13, 2025
🚨New @BrookingsInst paper w. @KordingLab: Artificial Intelligence Saturation & the Future of Work. #AI can replace humans in intelligence sector, pushing workers to the physical one. Returns to AI saturate when the 2 sectors are complementary ➡️No singularity + ambiguous wage
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Jul 13, 2022
I am excited to announce that I just joined the #antitrust division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) as their Principal Economist. I look forward to learning and being of service! #EconTwitter
Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Sep 7, 2023
Our paper on the minimum wage is in @RevEconStudies! Local #MinimumWage hikes can decrease employment in competitive markets with low labor market concentration but increase employment in markets with high labor market concentration. The result is consistent with #monopsony.
The Review of Economic Studies
@RevEconStudies
Sep 7, 2023
"New research on job loss (or not) from minimum wage policy and how it varies with labor market concentration." From @joseazar, @EmilianoHuetV, @mioana & @Bledi_Taska: restud.com/1511-2/
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Jul 11, 2025
Excited to share that @AnthropicAI has launched its Economic Futures Program! As a member of their Economic Advisory Council, I’m thrilled about this initiative supporting research and policy development on AI’s economic impacts. Research grants up to $50K available!
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Apr 28, 2025
I’m excited to join @AnthropicAI’s Advisory Council, to provide guidance on the economic implications of #AI. I’m thrilled to be part of this illustrious group, including @tylercowen @johnjhorton @akorinek. The Council will help inform the Anthropic Economic Index, which you can
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Oct 7, 2024
Universal pre-K is more cost-effective as a childcare device than as an educational intervention . Evidence based on lottery.
Neale Mahoney
@nealemahoney
Oct 7, 2024
Blockbuster paper from all-star team (@john_eric, @ChrisANeilson, @Xiaoyang_Ye, Seth Zimmerman) nber.org/papers/w33038
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Jul 3, 2024
🚨I have an open postdoc position at Penn in economics and policy! 🚨Dear colleagues and friends, please share this opportunity with your PhD students. 🙏 The position will start no later than August 27, 2024 Full job listing and application instructions at:
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Sep 9, 2024
🚨 Excited to announce our paper in @AnnualReviews! 🚨"Monopsony Power in the Labor Market: From Theory to Policy", w. a typology of policies and monopsony models (oligopsony, job differentiation, and search). Co-authored w. @joseazar. annualreviews.org/content/journa… #Monopsony
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Oct 13, 2025
Congratulations to my mentor and co-author Philippe Aghion!!!! His broad contributions to economics and boundless creative energy are truly inspiring.
The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize
Oct 13, 2025
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
May 31, 2022
I’m thinking of participating in (or maybe organizing) a workshop on the best ways to change the world and live your life as a tenured professor. It would be in the summer of 2023. Who’s interested? Any thoughts? Is there such a workshop already?
Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Dec 11, 2024
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Co-authored with @joseazar: Chapter 10 - Monopsony Power in the Labor Market, in the Handbook of Labor Economics. Honored to contribute to this series that inspired me as a young researcher! 🙌 #EconTwitter
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Jun 16, 2022
I'm excited to be writing a literature review on #monopsony, & I want to write a helpful one. 1. What are the most important papers in this literature in the past 10 years, and why are they important? 2. Are there some specific questions you'd like me to cover? #EconTwitter
Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Aug 19, 2025
Teenage son to his older teen brother: - Man, music used to be better. Bro reply: - Nah, it’s selection bias, we only still listen to the best stuff from the past. #ProudEconMom
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Ioana Marinescu
@mioana
Mar 6, 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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