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Experimental Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Noy, Shakked; Zhang, Whitney - 2023

We examine the productivity effects of a generative artificial intelligence technology—the assistive chatbot ChatGPT …

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Six questions about the demand for artificial intelligence skills in labour markets

Manca, Fabio - 2023

This study responds to six key questions about the impact that the demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills is having on labour markets. What are the occupations where AI skills are most relevant? How do different AI-relevant skills combine in job requirements? How quickly is the demand...

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How do workers adjust when firms adopt new technologies?

Genz, Sabrina; Gregory, Terry; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, … - 2021

’ technology adoption to administrative social security data. We then compare individual outcomes between workers employed at … technology adopters relative to non-adopters. Depending on the type of technology, we find evidence for improved employment … stability, higher wage growth, and increased cumulative earnings in response to digital technology adoption. These beneficial …

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How do workers adjust when firms adopt new technologies?

Genz, Sabrina; Gregory, Terry; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, … - 2021

' technology adoption to administrative social security data. We then compare individual outcomes between workers employed at … technology adopters relative to non-adopters. Depending on the type of technology, we find evidence for improved employment … stability, higher wage growth, and increased cumulative earnings in response to digital technology adoption. These beneficial …

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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden

Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017

We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...

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The Stability of Offshore Outsourcing Relationships : The Role of Relation Specificity and Client Control

Manning, Stephan; Lewin, Arie Y.; Schürch, Marc A. - 2012

Offshore outsourcing of administrative and technical services has become a mainstream business practice. Increasing commoditization of business services and growing client experience with outsourcing have created a range of competitive service delivery options for client firms. Yet, data from...

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Labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility : theory and evidence

Hennig, Jan-Luca - 2021

In this paper I investigate the causal relationship between labor market polarization and intergenerational mobility, two of the most important features of advanced labor markets in recent decades. The former relates to the disappearance of middle-wage routine jobs and the rise of both high- and...

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Automation, offshoring, and the role of public policies

Schmidpeter, Bernhard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2019

We provide comprehensive evidence on the consequences of automation and offshoreability on the career of unemployed workers and the role of public policies. Using almost two decades of administrative data for Austria, we find that risk of automation is reducing the job finding probability; a...

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Too few cooks spoil the broth : division of labour and directed production

Ratto, Marisa; Schnedler, Wendelin - 2008 - This Version: July 2008

How can a manager influence workers' activity while knowing little about it? This paper examines a situation where production requires several tasks, and the manager wants to direct production to achieve a preferred allocation of effort across tasks. However, the effort that is required for each...

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The labor share : a review of theory and evidence

Schneider, Dorothee - 2011

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