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The Labor Market Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Evidence from US Regions

September 13, 2024

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"The Labor Market Impact of Artificial Intelligence: Evidence from US Regions", IMF Working Papers 2024, 199 (2024), accessed October 31, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400288555.001

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Summary

This paper empirically investigates the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on employment. Exploiting variation in AI adoption across US commuting zones using a shift-share approach, I find that during 2010-2021, commuting zones with higher AI adoption have experienced a stronger decline in the employment-to-population ratio. Moreover, this negative employment effect is primarily borne by the manufacturing and lowskill services sectors, middle-skill workers, non-STEM occupations, and individuals at the two ends of the age distribution. The adverse impact is also more pronounced on men than women.

Subject: Artificial intelligence, Employment, Employment rate, Labor, Labor markets, Population and demographics, Technology

Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Employment, Employment effect, Employment rate, Global, Impact of artificial intelligence, Labor, Labor market impact, Labor markets, Local labor markets, Low-skill services sectors, Middle-skill worker, Shift share, Technology

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