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Evidence (4004 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 870 233 116 1066 2363
Governance & Regulation 976 451 218 133 1809
Organizational Efficiency 949 224 144 88 1416
Technology Adoption Rate 764 287 141 122 1325
Research Productivity 501 152 74 362 1101
Output Quality 542 216 69 69 896
Decision Quality 387 198 94 54 740
Firm Productivity 513 67 101 27 714
AI Safety & Ethics 249 303 73 36 667
Market Structure 190 192 134 27 548
Task Allocation 243 77 91 36 452
Innovation Output 291 33 55 20 401
Skill Acquisition 206 72 65 21 364
Employment Level 133 63 115 22 335
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 153 79 52 32 323
Task Completion Time 206 37 12 15 272
Firm Revenue 179 52 29 5 266
Consumer Welfare 130 76 47 13 266
Inequality Measures 48 137 51 6 242
Worker Satisfaction 101 81 25 13 220
Error Rate 84 110 11 5 210
Wages & Compensation 98 47 30 10 185
Regulatory Compliance 88 73 17 7 185
Automation Exposure 66 64 33 16 182
Team Performance 105 29 30 11 176
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 114 21 14 8 158
Job Displacement 12 90 24 1 127
Hiring & Recruitment 57 9 9 5 80
Skill Obsolescence 6 56 9 1 72
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 21 17 1 57
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
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AI has changed who works in jobs (i.e., workforce composition).
Stated in the paper's abstract as an asserted effect of AI on employment composition; presented as part of the paper's review rather than a specific empirical estimate.
high mixed Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment and Society composition of workers in jobs (who works)
The penetrating utilization of AI-based methods to perform tasks has drastically changed how jobs are performed.
Claim asserted in the paper (abstract) as a descriptive conclusion from the paper's review/analysis; no empirical sample or quantified effect reported in the provided text.
high mixed Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment and Society how jobs are performed (task execution/processes)
AI is altering nearly every aspect of human interaction—such as work and society.
Statement in the paper's abstract/intro; presented as a general observation in the paper (literature review/qualitative synthesis implied). No primary sample size or empirical estimate reported in the provided text.
high mixed Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment and Society extent of change to human interaction (work and society)
Comparative analysis of Japanese, European, and United States legal frameworks shows differing treatments of translation data and points toward the need for redistributive design to remedy unequal attribution and capture.
Comparative legal analysis across jurisdictions (Japan, EU, US) and normative argument proposing redistributive design directions; no experimental or quantitative evaluation provided.
high mixed Translators as Invisible Teachers of AI: Copyright, Translat... policy/regulatory implications and proposals for redistributive design
AI can raise productivity and output, but its distributional effects are uncertain and mediated by institutions and access to complementary resources.
Conceptual claim in abstract synthesizing literature; supported by secondary sources and integrative framework (OECD, ILO, UNDP, WTO, WEF). No quantified sample size reported.
high mixed ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, INEQUALITIES OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESOU... productivity/output and distributional effects
The paper contributes by providing a structured synthesis that bridges efficiency-driven and labor-oriented perspectives on AI-driven manufacturing.
Authors' stated contribution in the paper: a structured thematic synthesis integrating two perspectives from the reviewed literature.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing integration of perspectives (academic/conceptual contribution)
While new high-skill roles emerge from AI adoption, their limited accessibility constrains workforce transition.
Literature synthesis indicating emergence of high-skill roles alongside barriers to access (skills, education, hiring practices) reported in reviewed studies.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing emergence of high-skill roles and accessibility constraints for workers
This study analyzes three key dimensions: labor displacement as a structural risk, the limitations of job transformation, and the emergence of human-centered AI.
Explicit methodological statement in the paper: systematic literature review and thematic synthesis focusing on three named dimensions.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing scope of analysis across the three thematic dimensions
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)
Key mechanisms of AI's impact on employment structure were identified: automation of routine processes, formation of new professional profiles, and changes in requirements for employees' competencies.
Qualitative analysis of statistical data, industry reviews, and regulatory legal documents described in the paper (no experimental or survey sample size reported).
high mixed The Impact of Artificial Intelligence During the Transformat... employment structure (mechanisms: automation, new professional profiles, compete...
The effects of digital transformation on labor demand vary substantially across types of digital technologies.
Analysis across different digital technology categories reported in the paper showing heterogeneous effects on labor demand (data: Chinese A-share manufacturing firms, 2011–2024). (Sample size not stated in provided text.)
high mixed How Does Digital Transformation Reshape Manufacturing Firms'... labor demand by digital technology type
The impact of digital transformation on labor demand differs across firms with different ownership structures, factor intensity, and asset sizes.
Heterogeneity analysis reported in the paper using subsample or interaction regressions by firm ownership, factor intensity, and asset size (Chinese A-share manufacturing firms, 2011–2024). (Sample size not stated in provided text.)
high mixed How Does Digital Transformation Reshape Manufacturing Firms'... heterogeneity in labor demand effects by firm characteristics
Labor-market adjustment to generative AI is a process of organizational reconfiguration, in which firms reshape both hiring demand and the task architecture of work.
Synthesis/conclusion drawn from the paper's empirical findings (decomposition results, heterogeneity analyses).
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand organizational reconfiguration (hiring demand and task architecture)
Adjustment to generative AI differs across the job ladder: senior jobs adjust earlier and mainly through reallocation, whereas junior jobs adjust through a broader mix of reallocation, redesign, and their interaction.
Heterogeneity analysis by job seniority reported in the paper (timing and margin composition of adjustment by seniority).
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand mechanism of adjustment (reallocation vs redesign) by job seniority
Generative AI exposure is dynamic rather than fixed, changing substantially over time.
Empirical application of the dynamic posting-level exposure measure to the nationwide job-postings data showing substantial temporal change (as stated in the paper's findings).
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand generative AI exposure over time
The authors construct a dynamic, posting-level measure of generative AI exposure using a two-stage large language model pipeline that identifies tasks in each posting and classifies the extent to which generative AI can perform or assist them.
Paper methodology description: two-stage LLM pipeline to identify tasks and classify generative AI perform/assist capacity at the posting level.
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand generative AI exposure (posting-level measure)
The study uses a nationwide dataset of job postings in the United States covering all sectors of the economy.
Paper statement: 'Using a nationwide dataset of job postings in the United States, covering all sectors of the economy.' (dataset description)
high mixed Generative AI and the Reorganization of Labor Demand coverage of job postings dataset
The urban digital economy exerts a stronger effect than the rural digital economy in promoting servicization and inhibiting industrialization.
Heterogeneity analysis in the provincial panel (2013–2024) comparing urban versus rural digital-economy measures and their associations with changes in employment shares.
high mixed The impact of China's digital economy development on changes... differential effect size of urban versus rural digital-economy development on se...
After 2017, industrial digitalization continued to strengthen servicization while suppressing industrialization.
Post-2017 analysis of provincial panel data (2013–2024) showing continued positive association of industrial digitalization with service employment and negative association with industrial employment after 2017.
high mixed The impact of China's digital economy development on changes... post-2017 effect of industrial digitalization on service and industry employment...
After 2017, digital industrialization shifted toward promoting industrialization and restraining servicization.
Post-2017 subset analysis of provincial panel data (2013–2024) comparing the direction and magnitude of digital industrialization's association with industry and service employment shares before and after 2017.
high mixed The impact of China's digital economy development on changes... post-2017 effect of digital industrialization on industrial employment share (in...
The elevation of the 'digital economy' to a national strategy in 2017 constituted a critical turning point in the relationship between digital-economy development and labor-structure change.
Before-and-after (pre/post-2017) analysis using China's provincial panel data (2013–2024) showing a structural change in estimated effects around 2017.
high mixed The impact of China's digital economy development on changes... change in the effect of digital-economy components on servicization and industri...
The development of the digital economy generally promotes the servicization and deindustrialization of the labor structure.
Panel analysis using China's provincial data from 2013 to 2024 examining relationships between digital economy development and labor-structure indicators (servicization and industrial employment shares).
high mixed The impact of China's digital economy development on changes... servicization and deindustrialization of the labor structure (service and indust...
AI is less prevalent in simpler channels of automation overall, but AI is more prevalent on labour-substituting margins in lower-income settings and tends to augment labour in higher-income settings.
Task-level coding for technological channel and whether AI is involved, aggregated across 124 countries (2.33M task-country labels) and compared across income groups and labour margins (substitute vs augment).
high mixed Global Automation Atlas prevalence of AI involvement in automation channels and by labour margin (substi...
Across countries, exposed tasks are skewed towards labour-substituting automation rather than labour-augmenting automation; low-income countries are disproportionately exposed to substitution, whereas middle-income countries are more heterogeneous.
Cross-country breakdown of exposed tasks by labour margin (substitution vs augmentation) using the task-country labels across 124 countries, with comparisons by income group.
high mixed Global Automation Atlas proportion of exposed tasks classified as labour-substituting vs labour-augmenti...
Comparative analysis reveals significant institutional differences between EU and Ukrainian legal systems that are relevant to regulatory stability, the cost of innovation, data accessibility, the balance of market power, and guarantees for consumers and employees.
Qualitative comparative examination of institutional and cultural/procedural differences between EU and Ukraine as presented in the paper (method: comparative approach; no quantitative metrics provided).
high mixed ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALISATION AND AI: TH... institutional differences affecting regulatory stability, innovation costs, data...
Most Ukrainian laws relevant to the digital economy are based on existing legal structures and systems, and Ukraine currently lacks a unified regulatory system specifically designed for artificial intelligence.
Comparative analysis of Ukrainian and EU legal frameworks as described in the paper (method: comparative approach; legal document review referenced qualitatively).
high mixed ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALISATION AND AI: TH... coverage and specificity of Ukrainian legislation for the digital economy and AI
Digitalisation is making data and algorithmic systems increasingly important economic resources, thereby changing the way markets operate, how labour is organised, how productivity is measured and how income is distributed.
Conceptual analysis and theoretical model developed via literature synthesis and comparative approach (no empirical sample reported).
high mixed ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALISATION AND AI: TH... importance of data and algorithms as economic resources and their effects on mar...
The paper formalizes the non-classical measurement error, deriving probability limits and partial-identification bounds for employment elasticities.
Theoretical/mathematical derivations presented in the paper that model the non-classical measurement error structure and derive probability limits and partial-identification bounds for elasticities.
high mixed Who Uses AI? Platforms, Workforce, and AI Exposure employment elasticities (probability limits and partial-identification bounds)
Within-vendor consumer-versus-enterprise channels produce estimates that disagree in sign.
Within-vendor comparison of exposure measures constructed from consumer-facing versus enterprise-facing conversation channels; reported that resulting estimates (e.g., employment effects) have opposite signs.
high mixed Who Uses AI? Platforms, Workforce, and AI Exposure estimated employment (or employment-related) effects derived from channel-specif...
Holding outcome, sample, controls, and estimator fixed while varying only the platform input changes the post-ChatGPT employment coefficient by a factor of 1.9.
Empirical robustness exercise where the authors keep outcome, sample, controls, and estimator constant and vary only the platform input (different conversation-log sources) and report change in estimated post-ChatGPT employment coefficient multiplicatively by 1.9.
high mixed Who Uses AI? Platforms, Workforce, and AI Exposure post-ChatGPT employment coefficient
AI platform conversation-log exposure scores partly measure the platform user base rather than the underlying workforce.
Comparative empirical analysis using AI platform conversation logs to construct occupation exposure scores; authors compare exposure measures across platforms and show variation attributable to platform user composition rather than labor-force composition.
high mixed Who Uses AI? Platforms, Workforce, and AI Exposure occupation exposure scores derived from AI platform conversation logs
The economics literature uses specific quantitative arguments and methods to estimate the changes produced by automation, and there is an ongoing debate in the field about these quantification methods.
Paper presents and synthesizes economic studies and methodological approaches (task-based methods, decomposition analyses, etc.) as part of a literature review and critical discussion.
high mixed H ψηφιακή εργασία πίσω από την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη: measures/estimates of automation's impact (e.g., on employment, task structure)
The study evaluates contemporary mitigation frameworks for algorithmic bias in HR settings.
Statement of the paper's evaluative aim; implies review/assessment of mitigation strategies but no specific methods or metrics provided in excerpt.
high mixed The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... effectiveness/characteristics of mitigation frameworks
The paper analyses three primary vectors of AI bias in hiring: data bias, interaction bias, and evaluation bias.
Stated analytic framework in the paper (categorization of bias vectors); descriptive content rather than quantified empirical result.
high mixed The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... types/vectors of algorithmic bias in hiring
This study examines the dual role of AI in the workplace: as a tool for bias reduction and as a potential vehicle for systemic discrimination.
Statement of the paper's research aim / framing; descriptive claim about the paper's scope rather than empirical finding.
high mixed The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... AI's role in bias reduction versus discrimination in workplace decision-making
The future of work will be shaped by decisions made at every level of society.
Normative/concluding statement in the chapter; presented as an implication of the prior analysis rather than an empirically tested claim.
high mixed 7. AI and the Future of Work influence of multi-level decisions on future labour-market outcomes
AI affects the labour market through four channels: evolution of existing roles, creation of entirely new ones, redistribution across geographies and demographics, and selective displacement concentrated among older and lower-mobility workers.
Chapter synthesises labour market data, historical analogy, and emerging workplace evidence to propose these four channels; selective displacement claim references demographic concentration (older and lower-mobility workers).
high mixed 7. AI and the Future of Work modes of labour-market impact (role evolution, new roles, geographic/demographic...
Adaptation determines who benefits from technological (AI) change.
One of five lessons; argued using historical analogy and labour market patterns (qualitative claim in chapter).
high mixed 7. AI and the Future of Work distribution of benefits from AI (who benefits)
Digital transformation reconfigures development patterns across regions and countries, altering established trajectories of regional development.
Theoretical integration of a technology–labor–space framework together with comparative regional field evidence illustrating changing development patterns (no quantified effect sizes or sample sizes reported).
high mixed Automation, Migration, and Development: Geography of Job Pre... regional development patterns (spatial-economic reconfiguration)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping knowledge-intensive work by automating, augmenting, and reconfiguring core professional activities.
Paper asserts this as a motivating observation based on prior literature and descriptive claims; no original empirical sample or quantified data reported.
high mixed AI-driven skill volatility and the emergence of re-skilling ... degree of automation/augmentation of professional tasks
Aggregate effects are geographically uneven (geographic unevenness in AI-driven labor market impacts).
Synthesis across studies observing variation by geography and noting non-Anglophone markets and developing economies as under-studied and differentially affected.
high mixed Creation, validation, obsolescence: observed evidence of AI-... geographic heterogeneity in labor market impacts
Wage polarization characterizes the aggregate pattern of labor market change associated with recent AI advances.
Aggregate characterization from synthesized studies reporting divergent wage outcomes (higher wages for AI-augmented workers, pressures on junior/routine roles) consistent with polarization.
high mixed Creation, validation, obsolescence: observed evidence of AI-... wage distribution changes (polarization)
Sectoral effects are heterogeneous: infrastructure, security, and quality-assurance roles have expanded while developer roles have contracted.
Qualitative and quantitative results aggregated across the included studies noting role-level expansions and contractions; no single pooled effect size provided.
high mixed Creation, validation, obsolescence: observed evidence of AI-... changes in employment/posting volumes by occupational role (infrastructure, secu...
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)
Even when two economies share the same long-run automation level, adoption speed alone determines transition welfare.
Comparative-welfare analysis in the dynamic theoretical model holding long-run automation level fixed while varying adoption speed (analytical comparative statics).
Responses [about AI's effects] vary by cohort and depending on survey framing.
Paper asserts heterogeneity in survey responses across demographic cohorts and due to framing effects (no subgroup sample sizes or framing experiment details in excerpt).
high mixed AI’s Economy and Its Political and Institutional Consequence... variation in survey responses by cohort and framing
This [model divergence] may explain why public opinion is not settled about the effects of AI.
Paper's interpretive claim linking model divergence to unsettled public opinion (presented as a plausible explanation; no causal test or survey linkage provided in excerpt).
high mixed AI’s Economy and Its Political and Institutional Consequence... public opinion about AI's effects
Current models about the vulnerability level of occupations and economic sectors differ widely in their forecasts.
Paper's comparative statement about existing models and their forecasts (no specific models, quantitative comparisons, or sample sizes provided in the excerpt).
high mixed AI’s Economy and Its Political and Institutional Consequence... disagreement across model forecasts of occupational/sector vulnerability
The rapid emergence of agentic AI tools raises new questions that the political science discipline must address.
Epilogue of the report raises agentic AI tools as a rapidly emerging phenomenon and lists questions for the discipline; based on expert judgment and forward-looking analysis rather than empirical measurement in the introduction/epilogue.
high mixed Introduction: Artificial Intelligence, Politics, and Politic... policy and research questions arising from agentic AI capabilities (norms, accou...