# Professor John Horton's joint research on Uber driver compensation is highlighted

1 Faculty News July 4, 2018 ![Quartz logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038218.gif?itok=JIQPnzXd)>

Excerpt from [Quartz](https://qz.com/1320449/this-simple-formula-could-increase-pay-for-uber-drivers-in-new-york/) -- "In October 2017, researchers at Uber produced a paper (pdf) in collaboration with [John Horton](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/john-horton), an NYU Stern assistant professor of labor economics, market design and information systems, which asserted that Uber was effectively powerless to raise driver wages."

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