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Evidence (312 claims)

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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 1820 479 278 1820 4588
Organizational Efficiency 2711 616 401 173 3922
Governance & Regulation 2075 886 459 246 3714
Technology Adoption Rate 1467 530 258 206 2488
Decision Quality 1281 496 289 152 2228
Output Quality 1227 447 207 138 2025
AI Safety & Ethics 634 754 207 83 1688
Research Productivity 826 241 114 422 1624
Firm Productivity 1052 154 163 66 1441
Task Allocation 685 211 331 99 1335
Market Structure 433 423 242 46 1150
Innovation Output 639 91 105 34 871
Task Completion Time 476 113 43 36 672
Firm Revenue 445 126 58 25 656
Skill Acquisition 364 119 109 34 626
Consumer Welfare 288 167 104 31 592
Employment Level 214 140 174 50 582
Error Rate 230 251 35 16 535
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 268 136 71 50 532
Inequality Measures 100 307 96 12 515
Worker Satisfaction 221 173 60 30 484
Automation Exposure 155 138 65 36 398
Regulatory Compliance 171 120 30 13 335
Developer Productivity 222 58 27 13 321
Team Performance 188 56 50 24 320
Wages & Compensation 146 104 46 16 312
Training Effectiveness 207 41 21 26 298
Job Displacement 23 153 52 4 232
Hiring & Recruitment 102 57 30 11 202
Skill Obsolescence 16 102 24 6 148
Creative Output 71 42 23 6 143
Social Protection 57 30 11 3 101
Labor Share of Income 29 42 24 2 97
Worker Turnover 43 29 6 4 82
Industry 1 1
High-skill cognitive tasks and complementary occupations gain earnings, while routine tasks and low-skill occupations face displacement and wage pressure.
Asserted in the supplied example contribution; no occupational employment or wage data are presented.
high mixed Synergy Paradigm: Reimagining Innovation through Interdiscip... Earnings, displacement, and wage pressure by task type and occupational skill le...
Highly skilled workers who complement AI are likely to receive a skill premium, whereas medium-skilled workers displaced by AI may experience stagnant or declining incomes if they do not successfully retrain.
The paper explains the claim through skill scarcity, complementarity, and displacement mechanisms and refers to micro-level studies and an IMF working paper, but reports no original estimates.
high mixed The Structural Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the Lab... Wages and income trajectories by skill group
Digitalization-induced changes in labor-time supply—including flexibility, intensity, and hours—can affect earned income and contribute to distributional differences.
The model explicitly includes a supply-side labor-time modulation mechanism and evaluates its implications for earned income and inequality.
high mixed Does Digitalization Widen Labor Income Inequality? Earned labor income and income inequality
AI adoption in banking may shift labor demand toward skilled workers, potentially increasing wages for data- and AI-related roles while compressing demand and possibly wages for routine positions.
Economic interpretation and implications presented in the supplied text; no quantitative wage data or estimated effect sizes are reported.
high mixed ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DIGITAL BANKING: APPLICATIONS AND... Wages and labor demand by skill group
Skill acquisition can increase worker productivity, but productivity gains do not automatically translate into higher wages.
Conceptual SPEW framework and simplified economic model linking skill enhancement, productivity, and potential wage gains; supported by qualitative observations and synthesis of existing programme evidence rather than a causal evaluation.
high mixed **"From Skills to Sustainable Livelihoods: An Integrated Fra... Worker productivity and wage improvement following skill acquisition
Automation-type AI depressed new-work creation, employment, and wages in lower-skilled occupations, whereas augmentation-type AI raised wages and generated new work in higher-skilled occupations.
Empirical work distinguishing automation-type from augmentation-type AI, as synthesized by the paper.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and the Strategic Reconfiguration of... New-work creation, employment, and wages by occupation skill level and AI type
Uneven adoption of AI capabilities across multinational studios may change global skill and wage patterns by concentrating AI-intensive tasks in studios with stronger research and computational capacity.
Conceptual economic implication concerning geographic differences in AI adoption; the paper does not report wage or skill data.
high mixed Mapping the Global Multimedia Value Chain of Assassin’s Cree... Geographic distribution of AI-intensive tasks and associated skills and wages
This implies a non-monotonic relationship between labor share and wages.
Logical consequence of the theoretical result that the wage-maximizing labor share depends only on the capital-to-labor ratio (model-based derivation).
In a competitive economy with constant returns to scale, the wage-maximizing labor share depends only on the capital-to-labor ratio.
Analytic/theoretical proof within a competitive constant-returns-to-scale model (formal derivation in the paper).
high mixed Resolving the automation paradox: falling labor share, risin... wages (wage-maximizing labor share as determinant of wages)
The index is structured to reflect both direct substitution effects and indirect equilibrium adjustments, including wage compression, labor reallocation, and productivity spillovers.
Paper describes structural elements the index is designed to capture (direct substitution and various indirect adjustments); presented as theoretical design features without empirical estimates.
high mixed Global Automation Shock Index (GASI) direct substitution effects and indirect equilibrium adjustments (wage compressi...
Task complexity mitigates the negative association between AI exposure and wages.
Heterogeneity/moderation analysis showing that occupations (or tasks) with higher complexity exhibit a smaller (i.e., mitigated) negative wage effect from AI exposure.
high mixed Harder or Easier? Impact of the AI Exposure Index on China’s... interaction effect of task complexity on the AI exposure—wages relationship
The effect of the model's structural parameters on key variables such as wages is quantified.
Results from high-throughput model simulations / quantitative sensitivity analysis of structural parameters reported for wages.
Wage increases are concentrated in technical and AI-complementary roles, which are predominantly male-dominated.
Analysis of wage trends by occupational group and gender from the 2015–2025 longitudinal dataset showing larger wage increases for technical/AI-complementary occupations and a gender composition skewed toward men in those occupations.
high mixed The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce Displacem... wage growth by occupation and gender
The study examines direct effects of AI and automation on employment levels, (re)training and occupational mobility, wage dynamics, collective bargaining, and the emergence and resolution of collective labor disputes and strikes.
Scope statement of the paper; supported by literature review (OECD, ILO) and legal/institutional analysis; no specific empirical sample or experiment reported in the summary.
high mixed THE IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT LEVELS, WORKFORCE (RE)QUALIFICATION... employment levels, retraining/occupational mobility rates, wage changes, collect...
Adoption of AI affects wages.
Mention and discussion in the paper (index entry referencing page 89) — theoretical discussion and literature synthesis.
high mixed Index wages
Using these averages, we report on likely tradeoffs between salaries and AI exposure across interest categories, O*NET Job Zones, and job fields.
Analyses performed on averaged exposure projections combined with occupation-level salary, O*NET Job Zone, interest category, and job field data (descriptive cross-tabulations / comparative statistics as reported).
high mixed Helping People Choose Careers in the Age of AI tradeoffs between salaries and AI exposure across occupation groupings
We measure the change in the skill premium using a difference-in-differences design on freelance websites worldwide.
Statement of empirical method: difference-in-differences design applied to data from freelance platforms with global coverage; no sample size provided in the abstract.
high mixed THE ASYMMETRIC IMPACT OF GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ... change in the skill premium (wage/pay gap by skill level)
Instrumental-variable estimates using lagged AI diffusion produce similar patterns (attenuation of overeducation penalty and slight lowering of undereducation premium), although results should be interpreted with caution.
IV estimation using lagged AI diffusion as an instrument in models applied to CLDS data; IV results reported to be qualitatively similar to OLS/fixed-effects estimates but noted as requiring cautious interpretation.
high mixed Technological diffusion, skill reconfiguration and wage adju... wages (interaction effects with educational mismatch)
Other strategic factors (differentiation of work, digital reputation, adaptability) continue to influence illustrators' financial sustainability despite AI's effect.
Author conclusion/interpretation in the discussion, inferred from the relatively low R² and domain knowledge; these moderators/alternative determinants are asserted rather than estimated in the reported regression.
high mixed The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Revenue Performa... financial sustainability/income of illustrators (influence of non-AI strategic f...
AI explains a relatively small share of income variation among illustrators (model R² = 7.4%), so its contribution to income variation is limited.
Reported model fit statistic from the above simple linear regression (R² = 7.4%) on the sample of 385 illustrators.
high mixed The Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Revenue Performa... proportion of income variance explained by AI
Robustness checks across the capital share, shock persistence, and the utility specification show that only an empirically implausible labor–AI elasticity reverses the wage and fertility signs.
Sensitivity/robustness analysis of model results by varying parameters (capital share, shock persistence, utility functional form) and the labor–AI elasticity, reporting conditions under which sign flips occur.
high mixed Automation and Aging in General Equilibrium: AI Capital, Fer... signs of wage and fertility responses to shocks under parameter variations
Industry-wise, sectors with higher levels of digitalization (e.g., mining, finance, energy) show stronger income effects, while traditional sectors (e.g., agriculture, public services) show limited impact.
Industry-level heterogeneity analysis in the two-way fixed effects panel using provincial data (2011–2021), reporting larger estimated effects for high-digital sectors and small or null effects for traditional sectors.
Decomposition analysis reveals that wage benefits are concentrated among employees aged 45 and above, managers, and white-collar workers; other worker categories experience stagnant wages, and no group shows a negative wage effect.
Decomposition of wage effects by worker groups (age, occupation/type) using the integrated dataset and the DiD/other regression analyses.
high mixed Firm size and the automation wage premium wages by worker category (age groups, managers, white-collar)
Wage increases at small firms primarily explain the positive adoption effect, while wages at medium and large firms remain stagnant after adoption.
Heterogeneity analysis by firm size within the DiD framework showing differential post-adoption wage trajectories for small versus medium/large firms.
high mixed Firm size and the automation wage premium wages by firm size (small vs medium/large)
Non-routine employment and wages exhibit a crossing pattern: initially higher under fast adoption, then lower — so faster adoption can simultaneously raise long-run wages for survivors while permanently reducing participation.
Comparative dynamic trajectories in the model showing time paths for non-routine employment and wages under fast vs. slow adoption scenarios (analytical and/or simulated model paths).
high mixed Too Fast to Adjust: Adoption Speed and the Permanent Cost of... non-routine employment and non-routine wages (time-path / crossing pattern)
The study establishes statistically significant relationships between organizational AI adoption and compensation dynamics.
Econometric estimates (difference-in-differences and propensity score matched comparisons) using the combined datasets listed in the paper and controlling for industry, firm size, geography, occupation characteristics, and macroeconomic variables.
high mixed The Generative AI Revolution: Early Evidence of Structural T... compensation dynamics (wages/pay)
Residual within-task group dynamics dominate the magnitude of the gender wage gap, though task-based employment and wage channels are important for timing and direction of changes in gender inequality in the formal sector.
Decomposition analysis partitioning the gender wage gap into within-task residuals and task-based employment and wage components, with residuals accounting for the largest share of the gap but task channels explaining temporal shifts.
high mixed Routine-Biased Technological Change and the Gender Wage Gap ... relative contribution of within-task residuals versus task-based channels to the...
The proportion of consumers who adopt AI-induced services influences the pricing of those services and through price adjustments will further impact wages across traditional and non-traditional services.
Theoretical development and analysis in the paper via a demand-switching model and a Finite Change General Equilibrium framework introducing AI as a technological shock modeled through price adjustments.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence, Demand Switching and Sectoral Wage ... wages (across traditional and non-traditional services) and service prices
People compensate workers less for AI-assisted output even when output quality is held constant, because the work is perceived as requiring less effort and reflecting less of the worker's own agency.
The paper cites research on compensation for workers who use AI [11]. The underlying study's sample size and quantitative effect are not reported in the paper.
high negative From Producing to Validating: How AI Is Deskilling Freelance... Compensation for workers using AI
Clients pay freelancers less for validating and correcting AI-generated work than they previously paid for producing original work.
The paper presents this as an economic consequence of the producing-to-validating shift and supports it with evidence from machine-translation post-editing and research on the AI compensation penalty [11, 14]. No sample size or pooled effect estimate is reported.
high negative From Producing to Validating: How AI Is Deskilling Freelance... Compensation for validation or AI-assisted work
Freelancers in occupations more exposed to generative AI experienced losses in both contracts and earnings, and experienced or top-rated freelancers did not fare better than other freelancers; the paper describes suggestive evidence that they were hit hardest.
The claim is based on cited research examining an online labor market [8]. The paper does not report the underlying study's sample size or quantitative effect estimates.
high negative From Producing to Validating: How AI Is Deskilling Freelance... Freelance contracts and earnings
Most older adults in Korea's Senior Employment Program remain in simple-labor positions and receive monthly stipends of approximately KRW 270,000.
The paper cites Ministry of Health and Welfare (2025) program data.
high negative AI-enabled integrated employment ecosystem for socially vuln... Monthly income and type of employment available to older adults
Sheltered-workshop wages for persons with disabilities in Korea averaged approximately KRW 500,000 per month.
The paper cites Ministry of Employment and Labor (2024) and reports the wage figure as evidence of disadvantaged labor-market conditions.
high negative AI-enabled integrated employment ecosystem for socially vuln... Monthly wages in sheltered workshops
Informal employment, weak promotion systems, low worker bargaining power, opaque recruitment, and non-transparent wage-setting can prevent productivity gains from translating into higher wages.
Institutional and labor-market analysis in the conceptual model; no randomized evaluation or large matched employer–employee dataset is reported.
high negative **"From Skills to Sustainable Livelihoods: An Integrated Fra... Transmission of worker productivity gains into wages
The negative association between AI adoption and the high-skilled/low-skilled wage-cost ratio is concentrated in regions located in countries that are highly specialized in AI technologies.
Heterogeneity analysis comparing regional labor-market effects by the AI specialization of the countries in which regions are located.
high negative AI innovation and labor market polarization: Evidence from E... High-skilled/low-skilled relative wage-cost ratio
The reduction in the high-skilled/low-skilled wage-cost ratio is broadly split between a decline in relative wages and a decline in the relative employment share of high-skilled workers.
The authors decompose the AI-associated change in the wage-cost ratio into wage and employment margins using their CES production framework and regional labor-market estimates.
high negative AI innovation and labor market polarization: Evidence from E... Relative wages and relative employment shares of high- versus low-skilled worker...
AI adoption is associated with an approximately 7% reduction in the relative wage-cost ratio of high-skilled to low-skilled workers across European regions.
Empirical estimates based on European regional labor-market data and a CES production framework linking AI exposure to the high/low-skilled wage-cost ratio.
high negative AI innovation and labor market polarization: Evidence from E... Relative wage-cost ratio between high- and low-skilled workers
The paper states that the progressive integration of new technology expands the work executable by capital or automation, reducing labor's value addition and depressing wages and employment.
Theoretical and empirical claim attributed to Acemoglu and Restrepo (2024); the paper does not present the cited study's sample, estimates, or identification strategy.
high negative Building the Irreplaceable Workforce: A Design Thinking Fram... Labor value addition, wages, and employment
In the simulated Track A panel, workers below the graduate level in AI-exposed occupations experienced a significant wage penalty after the onset of generative AI.
Difference-in-differences estimation using the simulated, PLFS-structured panel; the reported DiD coefficient was -0.126 with p < .001.
high negative Long-Term Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Employment a... Wages of workers below graduate level
Politicians facing greater mutual oversight accumulate lower private returns from holding public office.
Analysis of sworn politician asset affidavits using the winner's premium, defined as the differential asset growth of election winners relative to runners-up; compares constituencies with different shares of split blocks.
high negative Political Power-Sharing, Firm Entry, and Economic Growth: Ev... Winner's premium in politician asset growth
Medium-skill routine workers show the strongest negative association between AI exposure and reporting higher household income.
Heterogeneity analyses across skill groups and occupation types using industry robot density as the measure of objective AI exposure.
high negative Artificial Intelligence Exposure, Perceived Job Replaceabili... Self-reported probability of higher household income relative to the previous ye...
A one-standard-deviation increase in industry robot density is associated with a 4.2 percentage-point lower probability that Chinese workers report higher household income than the previous year.
Ordered probit analysis of 6,247 employed respondents in the 2021 China General Social Survey, matched with industry-level robot penetration; effect reported as a predicted-probability contrast.
high negative Artificial Intelligence Exposure, Perceived Job Replaceabili... Self-reported change in household income relative to the previous year
Within the study’s conceptual framework, Double Displacement threatens older highly skilled immigrants’ income security through reduced late-career earning capacity and a shortened recovery period before retirement.
Interpretive conceptual mapping of interview findings onto the WHO Active Ageing framework; the authors explicitly state that the study makes no causal claims.
high negative Too old, too foreign, too replaceable? How AI shapes livelih... Late-career earning capacity and retirement-related income security
Reduced visibility and networking opportunities for remote workers can harm career progression, including promotions, raises, and project assignments.
The paper identifies reduced workplace visibility and networking as mechanisms linking remote work to career outcomes; it does not report a quantified causal estimate.
high negative Potential Discriminatory Practices Related to Working Remote... Promotions, pay increases, and project assignments
Hui, Reshef, and Zhou are reported to find that the release of ChatGPT was associated with a 2% decline in the number of contracts and a 5.2% decline in monthly earnings in affected online-freelancing occupations, with top-rated providers hit at least as hard as other providers.
The paper summarizes a peer-reviewed difference-in-differences study of a large online freelancing platform.
high negative The Last Costly Signal: How Generative AI Collapses Competen... Number of contracts and monthly earnings in affected occupations
Algorithmic management in gig and platform labor affects bargaining power, wage setting, monitoring intensity, and employment relationships.
Conceptual labor-economics analysis within the theoretical synthesis; no worker-level sample, wage estimates, or causal tests are reported.
high negative Platform Capitalism, Social Media, and Hegemony: A Neo-Grams... Bargaining power, wage setting, monitoring, and employment relationships
Indonesia's legal framework falls short particularly in the area of income security for platform (ride-hailing) workers.
Analysis of Indonesian labour laws and regulations against the 'fair pay' Fairwork indicator; doctrinal/legal interpretation of statutory gaps related to income guarantees and social protections.
Although presented as optional, algorithmic recommendations create economic disincentives for non-compliance (i.e., ignoring recommendations reduces workers' economic returns).
Statistical analysis of worker logs and earnings dynamics using SLM to separate direct recommendation effects from spatial spillovers; reported as a causal impact of recommendation intensity on incentives.
high negative Causal Inference of Algorithm Recommendations on Gig Employm... economic incentives / earnings consequences of following versus ignoring platfor...
Disclosure reduces aggregate creator surplus.
Welfare calculations in the formal model comparing creator surplus under disclosure versus non-disclosure regimes; shows aggregate creator surplus is lower under disclosure.
high negative When Is Self-Disclosure Optimal? Incentives and Governance o... aggregate creator surplus (economic surplus accruing to creators)
Vibe coding weakens user engagement through which many maintainers earn returns.
Mechanism described in the model (abstract): reduced direct engagement when users rely on AI assembly rather than interacting with maintainers.
high negative Vibe Coding Kills Open Source user engagement and maintainers' earned returns