Professor Noam Yuchtman
BA, PhD
University Academic Fellow since 2023
My research is focused on topics in the fields of political economy, economic history, and labor economics. First, the importance of educational content and the structure of educational institutions in the production of human capital. Second, the political economy of legal institutions: particularly how they affect labor market outcomes and development, and how they are affected by political institutions in which they are embedded. Third, the study of social interactions that shape economic and political behavior. Fourth, the drivers of political ideology and participation in political movements. Finally, the role of the state in promoting economic growth and innovation.
Contact:noam.yuchtman@economics.ox.ac.uk
- Professor of Management, London School of Economics (2019-2024)
- Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2016-2020)
- Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2010-2016)
- PhD, economics, Harvard University (2010)
- BA, economics, Williams College (2005)
- Political economy
- Economic history
- Labour economics
1. “AI-tocracy,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(3), pp. 1349-1402, 2023 (joint with Martin Beraja, Andrew Kao, and David Y. Yang)
2. “Protests as Strategic Games: Experimental Evidence from Hong Kong’s Anti-Authoritarian Movement,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 134(2), pp. 1021-1077, 2019 (joint with Davide Cantoni, David Y. Yang, and Y. Jane Zhang)
3. “Curriculum and Ideology,” Journal of Political Economy, 125(2), pp. 338-392, 2017 (joint with Davide Cantoni, Yuyu Chen, David Y. Yang, and Y. Jane Zhang)
4. “Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Peer Effects: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Financial Decisions,” Econometrica, 82(4), pp. 1273-1301, 2014 (joint with Leonardo Bursztyn, Florian Ederer, and Bruno Ferman)
5. “Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(2), pp. 823-887, 2014 (joint with Davide Cantoni)
6. “Coercive Contract Enforcement: Law and the Labor Market in 19th Century Industrial Britain,” American Economic Review, 103(1), pp. 107-144, 2013 (joint with Suresh Naidu)
- Managing editor, Review of Economic Studies (since 2022)
British Academy Global Professorship, 2019-2023