Kseniia Nikitina

About me

I am an M.A. candidate in Economics at New York University. My research is in labor economics and applied microeconometrics, with a focus on causal inference and panel data methods.

My current work asks whether exposure to artificial intelligence raises labor productivity across U.S. industries. I am also co-authoring a paper on housing code enforcement and economic outcomes in New York City, built on millions of municipal enforcement records.

Before NYU, I earned a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Translation Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. I am preparing to apply to doctoral programs, where I hope to work at the intersection of labor markets, personnel economics, and applied microeconomic theory.

You can reach me by email or on LinkedIn.

Research interests

  • Labor economics
  • Personnel economics
  • Game theory
  • Decision-making under uncertainty
  • Behavioral economics
  • Applied microeconomics

Featured work

“The Effect of Artificial Intelligence Exposure on Labor Productivity”

Writing sample · 2026

Using a panel of 59 U.S. industries from 1997 to 2024, I find no statistically significant effect of AI exposure on labor productivity, in either the early-AI or the generative-AI era, through 2024.