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Evidence (70 claims)

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Claims by outcome category

Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 882 244 117 1097 2424
Governance & Regulation 1010 469 229 135 1875
Organizational Efficiency 977 235 149 90 1462
Technology Adoption Rate 781 299 143 128 1362
Research Productivity 506 155 74 363 1110
Output Quality 555 219 71 70 915
Decision Quality 395 200 95 54 751
Firm Productivity 523 67 101 27 724
AI Safety & Ethics 262 309 75 36 688
Market Structure 195 201 135 30 566
Task Allocation 248 77 96 38 464
Innovation Output 300 34 55 20 411
Skill Acquisition 207 75 65 21 368
Employment Level 138 67 119 24 350
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 156 80 53 33 329
Task Completion Time 211 38 13 16 280
Firm Revenue 183 52 29 5 270
Consumer Welfare 131 77 48 13 269
Inequality Measures 50 141 54 9 254
Worker Satisfaction 104 85 25 13 227
Error Rate 87 112 11 5 215
Automation Exposure 69 69 37 20 198
Wages & Compensation 102 49 31 11 193
Team Performance 115 30 30 11 187
Regulatory Compliance 88 74 17 7 186
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 116 21 15 8 161
Job Displacement 12 92 26 1 131
Hiring & Recruitment 57 12 9 5 83
Skill Obsolescence 6 59 10 2 77
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 23 17 1 59
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
There is a fundamental asymmetry between economic and social reproduction: digital agents can compensate for productive functions of the population but are unable to substitute the population's functions of social reproduction.
Theoretical argument and conceptual distinction in the paper; no empirical study measuring substitution in social reproduction provided.
high mixed DIGITAL AGENTS AS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENTS OF ECONOMIC ACTORS:... capacity of digital agents to substitute productive vs social reproduction funct...
Ireland’s tax and welfare system absorbs most of the income loss for lower income households, and roughly half of the loss for households at the top of the income distribution.
Microsimulation using SWITCH to model taxes and transfers applied to simulated income changes across income groups; reported as a finding in the report.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and income inequality in Ireland net income after taxes and transfers (absorption of income loss)
Although many regions use similar ethical language, substantial differences persist in risk allocation, regulatory enforcement, welfare integration and social protection.
Content analysis of policy documents showing overlap in ethical rhetoric but divergence across coded institutional dimensions related to risk allocation, enforcement, welfare integration and social protection (n=24).
high mixed Artificial intelligence governance and social policy diverge... similarity of ethical language vs. divergence in (a) risk allocation, (b) regula...
Prevalence and risk factors for poverty differ by gender, as does the nature of vulnerability.
Stated as a general empirical claim in the introduction, drawing on broader literature (no specific study, method, or sample size provided in the excerpt).
high mixed Social Protection and Gender: Policy, Practice, and Research poverty prevalence and vulnerability (gender-disaggregated)
Income inequality has the opposite effect (it works against poverty reduction).
Negative and statistically significant coefficient on an income inequality measure in the CS-ARDL estimates for BRICS (2008–2023).
Kişisel verilerin metalaştırılması, Julie E. Cohen’in 'biyopolitik kamusal alan' kavramsallaştırması üzerinden değerlendirildiğinde, kişisel bilgi ekonomik üretim ve davranışsal öngörünün hammaddesi olarak hukuksal dispozitif tarafından yapılandırılmaktadır.
Teorik değerlendirme ve kavramsal çerçeveleme; atıf yapılan literatüre dayanıyor; no empirical testing reported.
high negative GÖZETİM KAPİTALİZMİNİN HUKUKSAL TEMELLERİ: FOUCAULTCU BİR AN... kişisel bilgilerin ekonomik hammaddelere dönüştürülmesi ve hukuksal düzenlemeyle...
AI users and the general public were judged the most vulnerable to these risks.
Delphi panel rated actor vulnerability; results reported in paper indicate AI users and general public received highest vulnerability ratings (n=272).
high negative Prioritization of Risks from Artificial Intelligence: A Delp... actor vulnerability ratings
Unless labour law evolves to address digitally mediated control and platform-based asymmetry, the gig economy risks normalising exploitative labour conditions under the guise of innovation and flexibility.
Predictive/theoretical claim based on the paper's synthesis of platform practices, legal gaps, and normative concerns; argued through comparative analysis and conceptual reasoning rather than quantitative forecasting.
high negative Corporate Accountability in the Gig Economy: Re-examining La... future trajectory of labour conditions and normalization of exploitative practic...
Unemployment insurance adjudication has seen rapid integration of AI systems and the question of additional fact-finding poses the most significant bottleneck for a system that affects millions of applicants annually.
Contextual/introductory claim in paper; references to domain-scale impact and bottleneck; no specific numeric study sample provided in excerpt.
high negative Learning When Not to Decide: A Framework for Overcoming Fact... scale of impact (number of applicants affected) and fact-finding bottleneck in a...
Universal Basic Income (UBI), evaluated through incentive-structure lens, will default to a pacification mechanism rather than a genuine solution in the absence of a revolutionary threat that historically forced redistribution.
Normative and theoretical analysis of incentive structures and historical mechanisms of redistribution; the excerpt presents this as an argument rather than reporting empirical trials or quantified outcomes.
high negative A Framework for Understanding the Convergence of Geopolitica... policy effect of UBI (pacification vs. genuine redistribution/solution)
Universal Basic Income (UBI), absent a revolutionary threat that historically forced redistribution, will default to a pacification mechanism rather than a genuine solution to mass loss of labor value.
Normative/incentive-structure analysis and historical comparison presented in the paper; no empirical trial data or sample sizes cited in the abstract.
high negative The Great Compression: Geopolitical Fragmentation, AI, and t... effectiveness of UBI (redistribution vs. pacification)
Kerangka hukum ketenagakerjaan Indonesia saat ini bersifat reaktif, dengan fokus pada kompensasi pasca-PHK yang belum mampu menjawab dampak jangka panjang disrupsi AI.
Analisis normatif terhadap peraturan perundang-undangan dan temuan dari literatur yang ditinjau; kesimpulan yang dilaporkan oleh penulis penelitian.
high negative Reformasi Hukum Ketenagakerjaan di Era Artificial Intelligen... orientasi kebijakan hukum (reaktif vs proaktif) dan kecukupan penanganan dampak ...
The intersection of IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and robotics collectively impacts social security systems.
The paper presents this as the focal analytic topic—an argument based on theoretical discussion and synthesis rather than reported empirical measurement (no sample size given).
high negative IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and robotics a... impact on social security systems (e.g., strains on social protection)
Only 12% of gig workers participate in retirement savings programs.
Survey and administrative measures of retirement-savings participation among gig workers in the 24-country sample.
high negative The Gig Economy and Labor Market Restructuring: Platform Wor... proportion of gig workers participating in retirement savings programs (%)
Only 23% of gig workers report access to employer-provided health insurance.
Self-reported benefits coverage from labor force surveys and linked administrative records for gig workers across the 24 OECD countries (2015–2025).
high negative The Gig Economy and Labor Market Restructuring: Platform Wor... proportion of gig workers reporting access to employer-provided health insurance...
The environmental footprint of healthcare systems is growing and persistent inequities in access and outcomes have intensified calls for procurement reform.
Contemporary literature review and synthesis of sector reports and studies documenting healthcare emissions/footprint and health inequities (no original empirical data reported in this paper).
high negative Greening the Medicaid Supply Chain: An ESG-Integrated Framew... environmental footprint of healthcare systems; inequities in access and health o...
Penelitian menilai kecukupan perlindungan hukum yang tersedia bagi pekerja terdampak PHK akibat adopsi AI.
Pernyataan tujuan penelitian dan pendekatan analitis (normatif, komparatif) yang didukung oleh tinjauan literatur pada jurnal-jurnal terpilih.
high null result Reformasi Hukum Ketenagakerjaan di Era Artificial Intelligen... kecukupan perlindungan hukum bagi pekerja terdampak AI
Capital income taxes, worker equity participation, universal basic income, upskilling, and Coasian bargaining cannot eliminate the excess automation.
Model-based policy counterfactuals evaluated in the paper showing these interventions fail to achieve the social optimum in the theoretical framework; no empirical sample.
high null result The AI Layoff Trap effectiveness of listed policies at preventing excessive automation / preserving...
AI adoption has a weaker but present positive association with sustainability indicators as measured by the Sustainable Development Goals Index (SDGI).
Cross-sectional analysis (factor analysis, general linear models) connecting enterprise-level AI adoption measures to country-level SDGI scores across EU countries; the relationship is described as weaker than for GDP per capita or S&T workforce share; no numeric effect sizes reported in the summary.
high positive A comparative study of the relationships between AI use, emp... Sustainable Development Goals Index (SDGI)
Production efficiency gains significantly enhance farmers' livelihood resilience by strengthening income stability, asset accumulation, and risk-coping capacity.
Further analysis of transmission effects in the paper linking estimated production efficiency gains to livelihood resilience indicators (income stability, asset accumulation, risk-coping capacity) using CFPS panel data.
high positive Digital technology adoption, agricultural production efficie... livelihood resilience (income stability, asset accumulation, risk-coping capacit...
Returnees are more likely than comparable stayers to receive unemployment benefits, and among recipients they receive higher daily benefit levels.
Chapter 4: linked Belgian administrative registers with benefit receipt and benefit-level information; causal comparisons between returnees and comparable stayers.
high positive Artificial Intelligence, Skills, and Labor Mobility: Underst... unemployment benefit receipt and daily benefit level
The results have significant policy implications for using AI to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 1 (no poverty) in developing economies.
Policy implications section of the paper stating that empirical findings inform strategies to achieve SDG 1.
high positive AI for poverty reduction (SDG 1): driving inclusive economic... policy relevance for SDG 1
AI can support poverty alleviation as a general-purpose technology provided robust governance systems and supplementary funding for human development are in place.
Interpretation and policy discussion drawing on the empirical results and theoretical lenses (endogenous growth theory and Sen's capability approach) presented in the paper.
high positive AI for poverty reduction (SDG 1): driving inclusive economic... poverty alleviation (policy conditional claim)
Robustness checks using an alternative measure of poverty confirm the consistency of the findings.
Robustness analyses reported in the paper using a different poverty metric showed consistent results with the main CS-ARDL estimates.
high positive AI for poverty reduction (SDG 1): driving inclusive economic... poverty reduction (robustness across measures)
Effective governance reinforces poverty reduction.
Statistically significant positive coefficient for a governance indicator in the CS-ARDL model applied to BRICS (2008–2023).
Economic growth reinforces poverty reduction.
Positive and statistically significant association between GDP growth (or economic growth measure) and poverty reduction in the CS-ARDL estimates for BRICS (2008–2023).
Access to clean cooking fuels reinforces poverty reduction.
Positive and statistically significant coefficient for access to clean cooking fuels in the CS-ARDL model (BRICS, 2008–2023).
Human development reinforces poverty reduction.
Positive and statistically significant association between a human development indicator and poverty reduction in the CS-ARDL model (BRICS, 2008–2023).
The poverty-reducing benefits of AI increase over time (long-run effect larger than short-run effect).
Comparison of estimated short-run (0.14%) and long-run (0.39%) coefficients from CS-ARDL results.
high positive AI for poverty reduction (SDG 1): driving inclusive economic... poverty reduction (temporal comparison)
A 1% increase in AI adoption results in a 0.39% reduction in poverty in the long run.
Estimated long-run coefficient from the CS-ARDL model on BRICS panel data (2008–2023); reported as a long-run elasticity.
high positive AI for poverty reduction (SDG 1): driving inclusive economic... poverty reduction (long run)
A 1% increase in AI adoption results in a 0.14% reduction in poverty in the short run.
Estimated coefficient from a Cross-Sectionally Augmented ARDL (CS-ARDL) model applied to BRICS panel data (2008–2023); reported as a short-run elasticity.
high positive AI for poverty reduction (SDG 1): driving inclusive economic... poverty reduction (short run)
Moderating variables—including social security, algorithmic transparency, and alternative employment opportunities—can attenuate or shape the health effects of algorithmic time politics.
Policy/moderation discussion within the theoretical framework and literature review; presented as hypothesized moderators rather than empirically validated moderators in this article.
high positive Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... mitigation/moderation of occupational health harms
Diperlukan kerangka regulasi adaptif, budaya pembelajaran sepanjang hayat, dan perlindungan sosial (perluasan jaminan sosial dan program transisi karir) untuk melindungi pekerja terdampak transisi AI.
Rekomendasi kebijakan yang disimpulkan dari studi literatur sistematis (33 sumber).
high positive Transformasi SDM di Era AI: Strategi Menjaga Daya Saing Tena... kebijakan regulasi adaptif, lifelong learning, dan perluasan perlindungan sosial...
Reskilling policy should emphasize portfolio breadth and portable competency frameworks rather than deeper single-track specialization, particularly for workers in small, lower-threshold firms.
Policy recommendation in abstract based on empirical findings about skill-demand shifts and heterogeneity across firm types.
high positive Toward Sustainable Workforce Development: How AI Reshapes Sk... policy emphasis (recommended focus of reskilling programs)
Policy conclusion: while palliative care is an ethical imperative, its expansion must be decoupled from the oncological paradigm and matched with state-funded long-term care to protect against clinical decline and financial shocks.
Normative recommendation based on the empirical distributional findings (average protective effects but harmful tails for vulnerable groups) and cross-national differences reported in the analysis.
high positive The Broken Shield of European Palliative Care: Evidence from... Policy effectiveness in protecting households from clinical decline and financia...
In legislation, the binary model should be broken through by creating a 'quasi-employee' subject and implementing tiered protection.
Policy recommendation in the paper advocating statutory reform (a new legal category 'quasi-employee' and tiered protections); advanced as normative/legal design without empirical trial data.
high positive AIGC+ Determination of Labor Relations in the Context of the... social protection / legal status
Market incompleteness creates a rationale for government transfers.
Normative/policy implication stated in the abstract, derived from the model's welfare comparisons; no empirical validation provided.
high positive Hedging the Singularity justification for government transfers/policy intervention
Policy proposals including universal basic income, portable benefits, retraining programs, and AI taxation are viable mechanisms to manage the socio-economic transition associated with AI, and the paper assesses these proposals.
Paper states it evaluates these policy proposals drawing on empirical studies, reports, and historical analysis; the abstract does not report empirical tests or effectiveness estimates for these policies.
The welfare benefits of steering technological progress are greater the less efficient social safety nets are.
Theoretical result derived in the paper's baseline and extended models analyzing a planner who can shape technology choices and faces costly/incomplete redistribution.
high positive Steering Technological Progress welfare benefits of technological steering
Social security solutions must be adapted to evolving human-technology interactions to secure social justice and cohesion.
Normative conclusion/recommendation from the paper's discussion; advanced as a necessary policy direction without reported empirical validation in the provided text.
high positive IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and robotics a... social justice and social cohesion via adapted social security solutions
Establishing contributory frameworks based on technology-generated income will ensure the sustainability of social protection in the era of labor displacement.
Presented as a novel policy proposal in the paper; stated as a solution with the asserted effect of ensuring sustainability rather than demonstrated via empirical testing or simulation within the text provided.
high positive IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and robotics a... sustainability of social protection/social security financing
The welfare benefits of steering technology are greater the less efficient social safety nets are.
Analytical result from the paper's theoretical model comparing a planner who can/cannot perform transfers and evaluating steering as second-best when redistribution is costly.
high positive NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES welfare benefits of steering technological progress
AI-enabled platforms reduce vulnerability to climate-related income shocks.
Abstract claims findings that AI-enabled platforms reduce vulnerability to climate-related income shocks based on case studies (including smart agriculture finance in Thailand), interviews and transaction/loan data analysis.
high positive Artificial Intelligence, Climate Resilience, and Financial I... vulnerability to climate-related income shocks
A multi-hazard, multi-risk approach increases societal resilience but is complex and cross-disciplinary.
Project-wide synthesis, in-depth place-based case studies, and stakeholder engagement reported in MYRIAD-EU activities indicating benefits to resilience alongside noted disciplinary and practical complexity.
Gender shapes the impact of social protection: program effects are mediated by gender norms and intra-household dynamics, and gender differences in opportunities, constraints, and preferences determine who can participate in and benefit from social protection.
Theoretical and literature-based assertion in the introduction; authors indicate program impacts are mediated by gender norms and household dynamics and will review evidence in the chapter (no specific empirical details in excerpt).
medium mixed Social Protection and Gender: Policy, Practice, and Research program impact, participation rates, and benefit realization from social protect...
Proposition 3: Rights‑based effectiveness requires measurable capability outcomes and institutional follow‑through (beyond information transfer).
Normative and governance analysis based on gap mapping and the paper's empirical agenda; not tested with outcome data in this study.
medium mixed Training as corridor governance: TVET alignment, skills reco... measurable capability outcomes; presence of institutional follow-through mechani...
Training can be treated as migration-governance infrastructure that functions simultaneously as a capability intervention (actionable navigation, contract comprehension, safe help‑seeking), a labour‑market signal when aligned with TVET/human-capital planning, and a potential gatekeeping node if access, assessment, and accountability are weak.
Conceptual reframing supported by policy analysis and governance gap mapping; no empirical validation provided in the paper.
medium mixed Training as corridor governance: TVET alignment, skills reco... capability outcomes (navigation, contract comprehension, help-seeking); signalli...
Equity considerations must be explicitly integrated into multi-hazard multi-risk research and practice to achieve equitable disaster risk reduction and adaptation.
Project emphasis on participatory approaches and stakeholder-derived qualitative data highlighting distributional vulnerability and equity concerns; recommendations for explicit equity integration.
medium negative Reducing risk together: moving towards a more holistic appro... degree of equity integration in DRR and adaptation processes
Current mandatory pre-departure training is typically delivered late, generically, and with weak assessment, limiting its capacity to change recruitment choices or support migrants after arrival.
Structured desk review of policy and program materials and corridor process mapping identifying timing, actors, and touchpoints; qualitative/administrative evidence rather than quantitative outcome measurement.
medium negative Training as corridor governance: TVET alignment, skills reco... timing and quality of training delivery; ability to affect recruitment choices a...
There is a persistent gap between policy intent (promises of ethical protection and economic opportunity) and lived experience, producing new forms of social exposure—especially for vulnerable groups.
Synthesis of qualitative findings from documents, ethics guidelines, industry statements, and stakeholder commentary indicating aspirational policy language contrasted with limited enforceable protections; specific lived-experience case data are not provided.
medium negative Promising Protection, Producing Exposure: AI Ethics and Mobi... gap between policy intent and lived experience; social exposure to harm