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Evidence (3566 claims)

Adoption
8570 claims
Productivity
7631 claims
Governance
6869 claims
Human-AI Collaboration
6491 claims
Org Design
4175 claims
Innovation
4114 claims
Labor Markets
3566 claims
Skills & Training
2966 claims
Inequality
2066 claims

Evidence Matrix

Claim counts by outcome category and direction of finding.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 758 199 100 900 2007
Governance & Regulation 826 400 191 122 1563
Organizational Efficiency 777 193 124 84 1189
Technology Adoption Rate 635 233 124 97 1098
Research Productivity 422 128 57 336 954
Output Quality 476 179 59 47 761
Decision Quality 328 177 81 47 640
Firm Productivity 435 57 88 20 606
AI Safety & Ethics 218 277 65 33 599
Market Structure 180 170 123 24 502
Task Allocation 213 64 72 33 387
Skill Acquisition 170 61 61 17 309
Innovation Output 203 27 43 18 292
Employment Level 105 54 107 13 281
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 131 69 43 26 276
Consumer Welfare 117 63 42 11 233
Firm Revenue 153 48 26 3 230
Task Completion Time 173 31 8 12 225
Inequality Measures 44 122 49 6 221
Worker Satisfaction 89 65 22 12 188
Error Rate 69 92 10 2 173
Regulatory Compliance 77 69 14 5 165
Automation Exposure 56 56 26 13 154
Training Effectiveness 94 21 13 19 149
Wages & Compensation 77 36 25 6 144
Team Performance 86 17 27 10 141
Developer Productivity 95 17 14 6 133
Job Displacement 12 80 20 1 113
Hiring & Recruitment 52 7 8 3 70
Creative Output 31 18 8 3 61
Skill Obsolescence 5 46 6 1 58
Social Protection 27 16 8 2 53
Labor Share of Income 17 19 17 53
Worker Turnover 11 12 3 26
Industry 1 1
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Despite high overall employment (80% for ages 25–54), nurseries reported they were prevented from hiring new workers due to high wages and unqualified workers.
Reported responses from nurseries (survey/industry responses) referenced in the paper; sample size and survey details not provided in the excerpt.
medium negative Current Labor Challenges and Opportunities in Nursery Crops ... ability of nurseries to hire new workers / reported hiring constraints
The US nursery industry faces a labor deficit.
Statement in the paper based on industry reporting; specific methodology or sample size not provided in the excerpt.
medium negative Current Labor Challenges and Opportunities in Nursery Crops ... labor availability / workforce shortage in nursery industry
Selection of a human-LLM archetype brings important risks and considerations for the designers of human-AI decision-making systems.
Analytic discussion and synthesis of evaluation results and literature review; tradeoffs surfaced in the paper (e.g., decision control, social hierarchies, cognitive forcing strategies, information requirements).
medium negative Who Does What? Archetypes of Roles Assigned to LLMs During H... identified risks and design considerations for system designers
Gendered perceptions of AI's social and ethical consequences, rather than access or capability, are the primary drivers of unequal GenAI adoption.
Comparative model results from the 2023–2024 nationally representative UK survey showing perceptions (societal-risk index) have greater explanatory/predictive power than measures of access (e.g., device/internet access) or capability (digital literacy, education).
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Primary drivers of unequal GenAI adoption (relative contribution of perceptions ...
Intersectional analyses show the largest gender disparities in GenAI use arise among younger, digitally fluent individuals with high societal risk concerns, where gender gaps in personal use exceed 45 percentage points.
Subgroup (intersectional) analysis of the nationally representative 2023–2024 UK survey data stratified by age, digital fluency, and societal-risk concern levels; reported gender gap >45 percentage points in specified subgroup.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Gender gap in personal GenAI use (percentage-point difference) within younger, d...
The societal-risk concerns index ranks among the strongest predictors of GenAI adoption for women across all age groups, surpassing digital literacy and education for young women.
Multivariable models and predictor ranking using the 2023–2024 UK survey data showing relative predictive strength of the concerns index versus measures of digital literacy and education, with subgroup (age × gender) comparisons.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Predictive strength for GenAI adoption (relative importance of predictors for wo...
The societal-risk concerns index explains between 9 and 18 percent of the variation in GenAI adoption.
Regression/statistical models using the composite concerns index as a predictor of GenAI adoption in the nationally representative 2023–2024 UK survey; reported explained variation (9–18%).
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Explained variation in GenAI adoption (percent variance attributable to the inde...
Women adopt GenAI less often than men because they perceive its societal risks differently.
Statistical analysis linking a constructed composite societal-risk concerns index (mental health, privacy, climate impact, labor market disruption) to GenAI adoption, using the UK 2023–2024 survey; models compare explanatory power of perceptions versus access/capability variables.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... GenAI adoption (mediated by societal-risk concern index)
Women adopt GenAI substantially less often than men.
Analysis of the 2023–2024 nationally representative UK survey data comparing personal use/adoption rates by gender.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Personal use / adoption of GenAI (female vs male rates)
Across survey and experimental evidence, perceptions that AI will replace labor—regardless of actual labor-market outcomes—may decrease democratic legitimacy and public engagement in shaping AI's future.
Synthesis of correlational findings from the large European survey (N = 37,079) and causal evidence from two preregistered experiments (UK N = 1,202; US N = 1,200).
medium negative Perceiving AI as labor-replacing reduces democratic legitima... democratic legitimacy (trust/satisfaction) and public political engagement regar...
Controlling for technology-related, political, and sociodemographic factors, perceiving AI as labor-replacing (vs. labor-creating) is associated with lower political engagement with technology.
Multivariable regression analyses on the large European survey (N = 37,079) with controls for technology-related, political, and sociodemographic factors.
medium negative Perceiving AI as labor-replacing reduces democratic legitima... political engagement with technology (self-reported engagement intentions/behavi...
Controlling for technology-related, political, and sociodemographic factors, perceiving AI as labor-replacing (vs. labor-creating) is associated with lower satisfaction with democracy.
Multivariable regression analyses on the same large survey (N = 37,079) including controls for technology-related attitudes, political variables, and sociodemographic covariates.
medium negative Perceiving AI as labor-replacing reduces democratic legitima... satisfaction with democracy
There are ethical concerns surrounding AI and automation including algorithmic decision-making, workforce exclusion, and inequality in access to reskilling opportunities.
Raised as an ethical analysis within the paper's conceptual framework; no empirical study, surveys, or quantified measures of these ethical issues are reported in this paper.
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... presence/degree of ethical risks: algorithmic bias/decision-making issues; workf...
AI is eliminating repeated (routine) jobs.
Stated as part of the paper's argument about AI's dual impact; supported by conceptual analysis rather than new empirical evidence in this manuscript (no sample size or empirical method reported).
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... incidence/prevalence of repetitive/routine jobs (job elimination)
Artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping jobs, transforming them from a steady source of income to a dynamic process highly influenced by technology, flexibility, and uncertainty.
Central analytical claim made in the paper based on conceptual reasoning; the paper does not report empirical measures, datasets, or sample sizes to support the transformation quantitatively.
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... job stability/income steadiness; job dynamics (influence of technology, flexibil...
AI and automation pose significant challenges to employment stability, skill relevance, and human dignity.
Claim presented within the paper's conceptual and analytical discussion of AI's dual impacts; no empirical study, sample size, or quantitative measures provided in this paper.
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... employment stability; skill relevance; human dignity
Jurisdictions that implemented employee classification requirements experienced an 18% reduction in platform labor supply.
Comparative policy analysis across jurisdictions within the 24-country dataset comparing platform labor supply before and after employee-classification reforms using administrative and platform transaction records.
medium negative The Gig Economy and Labor Market Restructuring: Platform Wor... change in platform labor supply following employee-classification reforms (%)
Median gig-worker hourly pay ($14.20) is approximately 22% below comparable traditional employment wages.
Comparison of adjusted median hourly gig earnings (platform records) to comparable hourly wages in traditional employment from labor force and administrative wage data for the same populations across the 24 countries.
medium negative The Gig Economy and Labor Market Restructuring: Platform Wor... percent difference in median hourly compensation between gig work and comparable...
There are challenges to adopting AI in HRM within IT firms.
Identified through the literature review and the empirical study involving HR professionals; the summary notes challenges but does not enumerate or quantify them.
medium negative AI-Driven Decision Making and Digital Recruitment: Transform... barriers to AI adoption in HR (e.g., implementation, skills, privacy — not speci...
AI use also poses risks, including systemic discrimination, privacy invasion, and commodification of talent.
Qualitative synthesis and documented instances in the reviewed literature (n=85) reporting discriminatory outcomes, privacy concerns, and labor commodification effects associated with algorithmic HR tools.
medium negative ALGORITHMIC DETERMINISM VERSUS HUMAN AGENCY: A SYSTEMATIC RE... discrimination incidents (bias indicators), privacy breaches/risks, measures of ...
Qualitative synthesis reveals a 'gray zone' in labor relations and a 'black box' in algorithmic data processing, both exposing businesses to procedural injustice risks.
Thematic/qualitative synthesis of findings from the reviewed literature (n=85) highlighting issues of labor relations and algorithmic opacity leading to procedural fairness concerns.
medium negative ALGORITHMIC DETERMINISM VERSUS HUMAN AGENCY: A SYSTEMATIC RE... procedural justice / fairness in HR decision-making; employee outcomes related t...
Digital transformation raises challenges related to privacy, inequality, and regulatory scrutiny.
Identified as a key challenge in the paper; the abstract provides no details on how privacy concerns, inequality measures, or regulatory incidents were documented or quantified.
medium negative ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION – CASE... privacy risks/incidents; inequality metrics (income/wealth/ access disparities);...
Evidence strength is inversely correlated with intervention complexity.
Cross-domain synthesis reported in the paper that formalises an inverse evidence–complexity relationship based on the reviewed literature. The abstract does not quantify the correlation or list the domains/intervention types used to derive it.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... evidence strength (quality/quantity of empirical support) versus intervention co...
Per-capita elderly care costs running 3–5 times those of working-age cohorts.
Cost comparisons reported in sources included in the 81-paper review. The abstract reports a 3–5x multiple but does not specify which cost categories, countries, or methodological adjustments were used.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... per-capita care costs for elderly versus working-age cohorts (cost ratio)
Conventional policy instruments have failed to resolve pressures that include severe long-term care workforce shortfalls across leading ageing economies.
Synthesis of findings from the structured narrative review of 81 sources (2020–2025) indicating persistent workforce shortfalls. The abstract does not provide quantitative workforce shortfall magnitudes or country-specific data.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... long-term care workforce sufficiency/shortfalls (qualitative/quantitative staffi...
Demographic ageing is projected to reduce annual GDP growth by 0.3–1.2 percentage points by 2035.
Projection estimates referenced in the review literature (2020–2025). The abstract reports the 0.3–1.2 p.p. range but does not specify which models or studies generated these projections.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... annual GDP growth rate (percentage points) by 2035
Ageing-related expenditure already absorbs up to 18% of GDP in the most affected economies.
Spending estimates drawn from the reviewed literature (2020–2025). The paper states 'up to 18% of GDP' for the most affected economies but does not list which economies or the original data sources in the abstract.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... ageing-related public/private expenditure as percentage of GDP
Advanced economies face a compounding demographic crisis: populations aged 65 and over will reach 30–40% in several nations by 2050.
Demographic projection claims cited in the paper's background literature (sources from the structured narrative review). No specific datasets or country-by-country breakdown provided in the abstract.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... share of population aged 65+ (percent) by 2050
Traditional methods for assessing and developing employees' skills often fail to provide real-time feedback.
Statement supported by literature review cited by the authors; the abstract does not provide empirical comparisons, metrics, or sample sizes.
medium negative GenAI Role in Redefining Learning and Skilling in Companies timeliness of feedback in employee skill assessment (real-time vs. delayed)
Existing research on AI-driven decision-making remains fragmented and often framed through substitution-oriented narratives that position AI as a replacement for human judgment.
Assessment based on the author's interdisciplinary literature synthesis (conceptual meta-analysis); descriptive evaluation of research framing rather than new empirical testing.
medium negative Reframing Organizational Decision-Making in the Age of Artif... research framing (substitution-oriented vs augmentation-oriented narratives in l...
Skills mismatch and SME adoption constraints constitute a binding bottleneck for inclusive digital–green upgrading.
Synthesis of studies on skills, firm capabilities, and SME adoption of digital and green technologies (review-level evidence; no single dataset or sample size provided).
medium negative The synergy of digital innovation and green economy: A syste... SME adoption rates of digital/green technologies and inclusiveness of upgrading ...
Absent complementary institutions and infrastructure, digitalization may increase electricity demand, widen inequality, and incentivize strategic disclosure (greenwashing).
Literature review drawing on empirical studies of energy consumption from digital systems, labor-market studies, and analyses of ESG disclosure practices (review-level synthesis; no single sample size reported).
medium negative The synergy of digital innovation and green economy: A syste... electricity demand; measures of inequality (e.g., wage distribution); incidence ...
More experienced translators appear more likely to exit the market after ChatGPT’s launch than less experienced translators.
Heterogeneous (subgroup) analysis by experience level within the translation market reported in the paper; evidence presumably from DiD estimates of exit/participation rates across experience levels. (Exact sample sizes and exit definitions not provided in the abstract.)
medium negative Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Has the Inflection Point A... market exit / participation (likelihood of leaving the translation market) by tr...
Following ChatGPT’s launch, some online labor markets experienced displacement effects characterized by reduced work volume and earnings, exemplified by the translation & localization OLM.
Empirical analysis using a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) design on online labor market (OLM) data; the abstract identifies translation & localization OLM as an example. (Sample size and exact data window not specified in the abstract.)
medium negative Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Has the Inflection Point A... work volume and earnings in the translation & localization online labor market
The system forces many children to age out at 21, creating deportation risks for those who are American in every meaningful sense except paperwork.
Policy consequence of long backlogs: derivative status rules cause dependents to 'age out' at 21; deportation risk implication is a legal/administrative outcome. The excerpt does not quantify the number affected or present a dataset.
medium negative The United States' Employment-Based Immigration System: An... Incidence of 'aging out' and associated risk of removal/deportation
The backlog traps H-4 dependent spouses, over 90% of whom hold bachelor's degrees, in years-long employment prohibition, removing skilled labor from the workforce.
Claim combines (a) an asserted >90% college-degree rate for H-4 spouses—presumably from ACS/DHS or authors' survey analysis—and (b) immigration policy facts that many H-4 spouses lack work authorization for extended periods; the excerpt does not provide the underlying dataset, sample size, or citations.
medium negative The United States' Employment-Based Immigration System: An... Percentage of H-4 spouses with bachelor's degrees; duration of employment prohib...
Constrained mobility suppresses H-1B wages by 12.2%.
Empirical estimate asserted in the paper (likely from econometric analysis comparing wages under constrained vs. unconstrained mobility); the excerpt does not cite the specific study, dataset, sample size, or methods that produced the 12.2% figure.
medium negative The United States' Employment-Based Immigration System: An... Percent reduction in H-1B wages attributable to constrained mobility
Employer-specific sponsorship combined with high switching costs—$5,000+ in fees and multi-year delays—concentrates labor-market power among employers.
Policy/mechanism claim supported by typical filing fee estimates and observed multi-year adjudication/porting constraints; the excerpt does not report a formal empirical test or sample size demonstrating employer market power concentration.
medium negative The United States' Employment-Based Immigration System: An... Employer labor-market power / worker mobility (qualitative measure)
These provisions have generated wait times as extreme as 195 years for Indian nationals in the EB-2 category.
Projection based on visa bulletin/backlog dynamics and issuance rates for EB-2 India; the paper does not show the step-by-step projection or assumptions in the excerpt.
medium negative The United States' Employment-Based Immigration System: An... Projected wait time (years) to obtain EB-2 green card for Indian nationals
The U.S. employment-based immigration system traps over 1.8 million skilled workers and their families in legal limbo.
Paper's aggregate/backlog calculation presumably using Department of State visa bulletin backlogs, USCIS pending adjustment of status (I-485) inventories, and derivative family counts; the paper does not provide the detailed method or sample breakdown in the excerpt.
medium negative The United States' Employment-Based Immigration System: An... Number of individuals (principals + family members) in backlog/legal limbo
Occupational sorting explains a somewhat larger share of the gender gap in Ireland than in other European countries, but a substantial portion remains unexplained, pointing to possible unobserved structural, cultural or organisational factors specific to the Irish labour market.
Decomposition analysis for Ireland using ESJS data showing occupation contributes more to the explained component in Ireland than on average, while the unexplained residual remains large.
medium negative Squandered skills? Bridging the digital gender skills gap fo... Portion (%) of Ireland's gender gap in advanced digital task use explained by oc...
Gender gaps are larger and less well explained by observable characteristics among younger cohorts (aged under 35), implying under-representation of women in advanced digital roles is emerging early in careers.
Age-cohort subgroup regressions and decomposition analyses on ESJS data comparing explained/unexplained gaps for workers aged under 35 versus older cohorts.
medium negative Squandered skills? Bridging the digital gender skills gap fo... Gender gap in advanced digital task use (and share explained by observables) for...
Gender disparities widen significantly at the very upper end of the distribution of digital job intensity — a 'digital glass ceiling' — while lower and middle levels show more modest differences.
Distributional analysis of the Job Digital Intensity Index (JDII), constructed from ESJS digital task items, showing larger gender gaps at the upper tail of the JDII distribution.
medium negative Squandered skills? Bridging the digital gender skills gap fo... Gender gap in Job Digital Intensity Index (JDII) at the upper tail (highly digit...
AI causes job loss due to the automation of repetitive tasks.
Narrative literature review and synthesis of recent economic studies presented in the paper; no original empirical sample or primary data collection reported.
medium negative The Future of Work in the Age of AI: Economic Implications, ... job loss / employment levels (displacement of jobs performing repetitive tasks)
The findings raise ethical concerns about using such models in sensitive selection processes and highlight the need for transparency and fairness in digital labour markets.
Interpretive/concluding claim based on the observed adjective-based gendering and the broader literature on algorithmic fairness; recommendation rather than direct empirical result.
medium negative Gender Bias in Generative AI-assisted Recruitment Processes ethical risk and need for transparency/fairness when deploying LLMs in recruitme...
Gendered linguistic patterns emerged in the adjectives attributed to female and male candidates: GPT-5 tended to associate women with emotional and empathetic traits and men with strategic and analytical traits.
Empirical/qualitative analysis of the adjectives and descriptive language in GPT-5's outputs for the 24 simulated profiles; categories reported (emotional/empathetic vs strategic/analytical).
medium negative Gender Bias in Generative AI-assisted Recruitment Processes adjectives/descriptive language used by GPT-5 to characterize candidates
Large language models (LLMs) risk reproducing, and in some cases amplifying, gender stereotypes and bias already present in the labour market.
Framed as an assertion supported by prior literature and used as motivation for the study; partially evaluated empirically in this paper via the GPT-5 experiment.
medium negative Gender Bias in Generative AI-assisted Recruitment Processes presence and amplification of gender stereotypes/bias in LLM outputs
Developing economies face heightened risks from AI due to large informal sectors, limited reskilling infrastructure, weaker labor mobility, and constrained social protection.
Comparative institutional analysis and application of structural-transformation theory; argument is qualitative and no explicit cross-country regression or representative sample of developing countries is provided in the paper.
medium negative Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Employment Dynamics... employment vulnerability, ability to re-skill, welfare/social protection coverag...
Displacement often occurs faster than job creation and worker reallocation, producing transitional unemployment and skills gaps.
Temporal-mismatch argument based on historical patterns of technological adoption and task-based substitution theory; paper synthesizes prior theoretical work rather than presenting new time-series microdata or measured reallocation speeds.
medium negative Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Employment Dynamics... transitional unemployment; duration of joblessness; measures of reallocation spe...
Developing economies are more vulnerable where employment is concentrated in routine or informal tasks and where reskilling, mobility, and institutional buffers are limited.
Comparative consideration of advanced vs developing economies drawing on macro/sectoral indicators, labor market structure discussions, and existing empirical studies cited conceptually.
medium negative Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Employment Dynamics... vulnerability to automation measured by share of routine/informal employment, un...