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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 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
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The study explores implications of algorithmic enterprises for competitive advantage, labour markets, and regulatory policy.
Declared scope of the paper in the abstract; exploration is conceptual and analytical rather than reporting empirical findings or quantified effects.
high mixed Algorithmic Enterprises: Rethinking Firm Strategy in the Age... implications for firm competitive advantage, labour market outcomes, and policy
Survey evidence suggests public attitudes towards AI combine optimism with apprehension, and most respondents oppose granting AI systems final authority over hiring and dismissal decisions.
Review cites multiple public opinion and survey studies reporting mixed (optimistic and apprehensive) attitudes and opposition to AI final authority in employment decisions (survey evidence summarized).
high mixed From Technological Substitution to Institutional Response: A... public attitudes toward AI and policy preferences (authority in hiring/dismissal...
There are important regional differences—especially in developing contexts—that necessitate context-specific approaches to improving women’s participation in AI-enabled work.
Observation reported in the review drawing on geographically diverse studies and policy analyses; the abstract does not quantify differences or report sample sizes for cross-region comparisons.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... regional variation in barriers and opportunities affecting women's participation...
Social, cultural, and ethical considerations influence women’s engagement in AI-centric workplaces.
Claim made in the review, based on interdisciplinary literature that includes sociocultural analyses and ethical discussions; the abstract does not provide empirical effect estimates or sample sizes.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... women's engagement in AI-centric workplaces
AI applications—ranging from recruitment algorithms to workplace automation—can either reinforce gender disparities or promote equitable employment outcomes.
Stated in the review based on collated findings from multiple studies and analyses that document both harms (e.g., biased recruitment algorithms) and potential benefits (e.g., tools designed to reduce bias); no single empirical study or pooled effect size provided in the abstract.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... impact of AI applications on gender disparities in hiring and employment outcome...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming workplaces across the globe, offering both novel opportunities and unique challenges for women in technology-driven industries.
Stated in the paper's introduction/abstract as a summary conclusion based on a narrative literature review of peer-reviewed studies, policy analyses, and preprint research; no specific sample size or primary empirical method reported in the abstract.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... women's participation and experiences in AI-enabled workplaces
The study proposes a sectoral risk classification to better understand vulnerability patterns and workforce implications.
Paper reports development/proposal of a sectoral risk classification as a contribution (the classification itself and validation details are not described in the abstract).
high mixed AI and the Future of Job Profiles: A systematic Review of Se... sectoral vulnerability classification
The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across industries is fundamentally reshaping occupational structures and redefining employment dynamics.
Stated as an overall conclusion of the paper based on a systematic review of recent literature from major academic databases (details of included studies not provided in the abstract).
high mixed AI and the Future of Job Profiles: A systematic Review of Se... occupational structures and employment dynamics
AI is associated with a shift toward younger, relatively less educated workers.
Reported association in the paper's baseline empirical results linking AI presence/pervasiveness to changes in workforce composition (age and education).
high mixed Early Estimates of the Impact of AI Within BEA’s Industry Ec... worker composition by age and education
Results also reveal divergences between the two interaction scenario types.
Abstract statement that divergences vary across different interaction contexts / scenario types.
Results reveal divergences between purely simulated and human study datasets.
Abstract reports that findings diverge between simulation experiments and the human-subjects dataset; comparisons drawn across the two datasets (simulation N=2000, human N=290).
high mixed Imperfectly Cooperative Human-AI Interactions: Comparing the... comparative_outcomes_between_datasets
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, particularly generative AI and large language models, has reignited debates about the future of work and the potential for widespread labor market disruption.
Statement in the paper's introduction/abstract citing recent empirical studies, industry reports, and ongoing debates; no original sample or numerical evidence reported in the abstract.
Outcomes of AI deployment in labor-market settings depend on complementary organizational practices, workers’ access to skills, and the regulatory environment.
Synthesis-derived moderator/ mechanism claim from qualitative analysis of the 19 included studies identifying organizational practices, skill access, and regulation as contextual moderators.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence in the Labor Market: Evidence on Wor... inclusion/exclusion outcomes contingent on moderators
This work establishes a foundation for understanding how generative AI systems not only augment cognitive performance but also reshape self-perception and perceived expertise.
Paper's stated contribution presenting theory and conceptual groundwork; no empirical validation provided in the abstract.
high mixed The LLM Fallacy: Misattribution in AI-Assisted Cognitive Wor... interaction between augmented cognitive performance and changes in self-percepti...
The LLM fallacy has implications for education, hiring, and AI literacy.
Implications and argumentation presented in the paper; these are prospective and conceptual rather than supported by empirical data in the abstract.
high mixed The LLM Fallacy: Misattribution in AI-Assisted Cognitive Wor... impacts on education practices, hiring decisions, and AI literacy needs
The analysis reveals a non-linear, U-shaped relationship between changes in frontier skill intensity and employment growth.
Statistical linkage of changes in frontier skill intensity (OTSS changes) to employment growth using administrative data from 2012–2023; reported functional form is U-shaped.
high mixed AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... relationship between changes in frontier skill intensity and employment growth
Frontier technologies remain concentrated in specialised occupations, while digital technologies are widespread.
Distributional analysis of OTSS across occupations showing concentration patterns of frontier technologies versus ubiquity of digital technologies.
high mixed AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... distribution/concentration of technology-intense skills across occupations
For the average worker in 2023, manual technologies account for the largest share of skill content (42 per cent), followed by digital (38 per cent) and frontier technologies (20 per cent).
Computed OTSS applied to occupation-level data for Germany in 2023; reported shares for the "average worker".
high mixed AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... share of occupational skill content by technology type (manual, digital, frontie...
The local labor market will follow a dual trajectory: low-skill, routine jobs face high automation risk while demand will rise for AI-collaborative, higher-skill roles.
Paper's analytical prediction based on distinguishing current job roles into routine/repetitive vs cognitive/non-routine and projecting likely impacts; no numeric forecasts or sample sizes provided in the excerpt.
high mixed PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF JOBS IN NAGPUR DISTRICT MIDC: THE R... combined job displacement for routine roles and increased demand for AI-collabor...
Professional and Technical Services, Information, and Finance and Insurance account for approximately 86 percent of the base-case direct contribution.
Sectoral decomposition of base-case direct contribution in the model; paper explicitly reports the three sectors' combined share as ~86%.
high mixed AI Capex Is Justified: A Bottom-Up Sectoral Estimate of Arti... share of base-case direct GDP contribution by sector (three-sector concentration...
While AI may reduce certain traditional roles, it also enhances job quality and creates new career pathways within the commerce sector.
Reported finding from the paper's synthesis of existing studies and sectoral observations (qualitative literature synthesis).
high mixed IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMME... reductions in traditional roles vs. improvements in job quality and new career p...
AI exhibits a dual nature—both as a disruptor and an enabler of employment in the commerce sector.
Paper-level synthesis of contradictory findings and sectoral patterns reported across reviewed literature (qualitative literature synthesis).
high mixed IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMME... net disruptive vs. enabling effects on employment
The effects of generative AI on work and organisations are heterogeneous and context-dependent, shaped by job roles, skill levels, and institutional environments.
Synthesis across the included studies noting variation in outcomes conditional on role, skill, and institutional context.
high mixed Generative AI in the Workplace: A Systematic Review of Produ... heterogeneity of AI effects across roles/skills/institutions
If employment losses are relatively small and productivity gains are realised, AI adoption could boost Exchequer revenues. But if job displacement is sizeable, tax receipts fall while welfare spending rises, resulting in potentially large pressures on the public finances.
Conditional fiscal scenarios simulated in the report combining employment, wage and benefit changes with the public finance implications (tax receipts and welfare spending); reported as scenario-based outcomes.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and income inequality in Ireland Exchequer revenues / tax receipts and welfare spending
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)
India exhibits a distinctive polarisation pattern: a shrinking middle-skill workforce alongside a persistently large low-skill labour segment.
Descriptive analysis of secondary data and official reports from 2020–2024 comparing occupational and skill distributions in India.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and labour market polarisation in In... changes in the share of labour across skill bands (middle vs low skill)
Mathematics (SAFI: 73.2) and Programming (71.8) receive the highest automation feasibility scores; Active Listening (42.2) and Reading Comprehension (45.5) receive the lowest.
SAFI benchmark results reported for specific O*NET skills (numerical SAFI scores provided in the paper).
high mixed The AI Skills Shift: Mapping Skill Obsolescence, Emergence, ... SAFI score by skill (automation feasibility)
Chinese Marxism's dialectical approach—rooted in the yin‑yang principle—constitutes an alternative epistemology that fundamentally differs from Western either/or logic, and this epistemology underpins the semi‑core's policy and strategic stance.
Philosophical and textual analysis of contemporary Chinese Marxist thought presented in the paper, interpreted in relation to Bauman's philosophical work; no empirical measurement reported, presented as conceptual/theoretical evidence.
high mixed Theorising the Interregnum: epistemological orientation (yin‑yang dialectic vs Western either/or)
AI adoption significantly reshaped task profiles for 73% of respondents, particularly affecting routine data processing, administrative tasks, and scheduling activities.
Survey data and secondary data analysis reported in this study (sample size not stated); self-reported change in task profiles with reported percentage (73%).
high mixed Artificial Intelligence Adoption and Career Reconfiguration ... task profile change (impact on routine data processing, administrative tasks, sc...
AI adoption across firms is heterogeneous, varying across sectors such as finance, technology, and manufacturing.
Survey of 150 leading Nigerian firms across finance, tech, and manufacturing showing variation in AI integration; supported by qualitative interviews and policy analysis.
high mixed Human Capital and the AI-Powered Future of Work: (Training, ... heterogeneity in AI adoption across firms/sectors
The rapid, heterogeneous integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is profoundly reshaping the dynamics of work across the Nigerian business sector, generating both significant economic opportunities and acute labor market challenges.
Mixed-methods study combining a quantitative survey of 150 leading Nigerian firms across finance, tech, and manufacturing and qualitative analysis of government policy and workforce interviews.
high mixed Human Capital and the AI-Powered Future of Work: (Training, ... dynamics of work (economic opportunities and labor market challenges)
As technological progress devalues labor, the welfare benefits of steering initially increase but, beyond a critical threshold, decline and optimal policy shifts toward greater redistribution.
Analytical result from the paper's theoretical model that compares planner's optimal technology choice under varying degrees of labor devaluation and redistribution costs.
high mixed Steering Technological Progress planner welfare trade-off between steering and redistribution
For the short-run optimization problem of AI deployment given fixed job responsibilities and worker skill levels, the firm’s optimal strategy for an m-step job can be computed in time O(m^2) using dynamic programming; the long-run joint optimization including task assignment to workers can also be solved in polynomial time up to an arbitrarily small error term.
Algorithmic results and complexity analysis derived in the theoretical sections and appendices of the paper (dynamic programming construction and polynomial-time solution statements).
high mixed Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation computational complexity (time complexity) of computing optimal AI deployment an...
Appending a neighboring step to an existing AI chain adds no additional human verification burden (verification is a fixed cost at the chain level), which can make appending steps to a chain optimal even if manual execution is individually preferable for the appended step.
Theoretical model setup and formal argument showing verification is incurred only at the last augmented step of a chain; illustrative examples (data scientist workflow) and comparative-cost reasoning in the paper.
high mixed Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation marginal verification cost when extending AI chains
AI chaining can overturn standard comparative advantage logic in assignment: when multiple adjacent steps are executed as an AI chain, a step may be assigned to AI (as part of the chain) even if manual human execution would be preferred for that step in isolation.
Theoretical model of production as an ordered sequence of steps with firms endogenously bundling contiguous steps into tasks and jobs; formal comparative-static arguments and illustrative examples in the paper showing how fixed verification costs per chain change marginal assignment incentives.
high mixed Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation assignment of individual steps to AI versus human execution
The general public supports both targeted programs and broader interventions (including job guarantees and UBI), contrasting with economists' preferences.
Survey comparisons across groups contrasting normative policy support (textual summary in Key Findings; exact public-group percentages not provided in excerpt).
high mixed Forecasting the Economic Effects of AI policy preferences of the general public vs. economists
Unconditional forecasts are relatively close to historical trends, but under the rapid scenario the range of plausible outcomes expands (greater uncertainty).
Comparison of unconditional (all-things-considered) survey forecasts to conditional rapid-scenario forecasts; dispersion metrics referenced qualitatively in Key Findings (detailed variance numbers not provided in excerpt).
high mixed Forecasting the Economic Effects of AI forecast dispersion/uncertainty across scenarios
Poaching by a dominant undertaking can, under certain conditions, constitute exclusionary abuse and structural abuse in both product and labor markets (drawing on Section 2 Sherman Act 'predatory hiring' scholarship and case law).
Paper's analytical claim based on comparative legal scholarship and case law (described in abstract); no empirical sample/experiment specified in abstract.
high mixed Employee Poaching as An Abuse of Dominance Under Article 102... legal classification of targeted hiring as exclusionary or structural abuse
An Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT) framework produces a 'Red Queen' co-evolutionary dynamic between platforms' algorithmic control and worker behavior in which neither side reaches a stable static equilibrium.
Analytical EGT model and numerical simulations of a population-level game between workers (choices: compliance vs. algorithmic gaming) and a platform varying surveillance strictness; model-based result (no empirical sample size).
high mixed THE RED QUEEN in the DASHBOARD: CO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS of ... presence of ongoing co-evolutionary (Red Queen) dynamics / lack of stable static...
These AI capability improvements would impact the economy and labor market as organizations adopt AI, which could have a substantially longer timeline.
Theoretical implication/interpretation by the authors (economic and labor market impact contingent on organizational adoption; timeline longer than capability improvements).
high mixed Crashing Waves vs. Rising Tides: Preliminary Findings on AI ... impact on economy and labor market (timing and magnitude of effects)
AI automation is a continuum between (i) crashing waves where AI capabilities surge abruptly over small sets of tasks, and (ii) rising tides where the increase in AI capabilities is more continuous and broad-based.
Conceptual framing proposed by the authors (theoretical proposition).
high mixed Crashing Waves vs. Rising Tides: Preliminary Findings on AI ... pattern of AI capability change across tasks (crashing waves vs rising tides)
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 analysis focuses on formal wage workers in Indonesia from 2001 to 2019.
Stated sample and timeframe in the study description; analyses use data on formal wage workers in Indonesia covering 2001–2019.
high mixed Routine-Biased Technological Change and the Gender Wage Gap ... sample population and timeframe
AI-driven conversational coaching is increasingly used to support workplace negotiation, yet prior work assumes uniform effectiveness across users.
Background claim in paper indicating prior literature trends and assumptions (stated in introduction/motivation).
high mixed Not My Truce: Personality Differences in AI-Mediated Workpla... adoption/use of AI coaching in workplace negotiation
Participants were clustered into three profiles -- resilient, overcontrolled, and undercontrolled -- based on the Big-Five personality traits and ARC typology.
Paper reports clustering analysis on participants using Big-Five trait measures and ARC typology; clustering result described as three profiles. Total sample reported as N=267.
high mixed Not My Truce: Personality Differences in AI-Mediated Workpla... personality profile membership (resilient, overcontrolled, undercontrolled)
We conducted a between-subjects experiment (N=267) comparing theory-driven AI (Trucey), general-purpose AI (Control-AI), and a traditional negotiation handbook (Control-NoAI).
Stated experimental design in paper: between-subjects randomized comparison across three conditions with total sample N=267.
high mixed Not My Truce: Personality Differences in AI-Mediated Workpla... effectiveness of coaching modalities (psychological and negotiation performance ...
These findings carry implications for workforce transition policy, regional economic planning, and the temporal dynamics of labor market adjustment.
Paper's discussion/interpretation of modeled ATE results and their policy/economic implications; no empirical test provided for policy outcomes.
high mixed Agentic AI and Occupational Displacement: A Multi-Regional T... policy relevance / labor market adjustment dynamics
AI technologies and digital platforms have fundamentally altered the organization of work and modes of value realization.
Synthesis of contemporary literature and theoretical analysis in a conceptual study (no empirical sample reported).
high mixed The labor theory of value in the era of artificial intellige... organization of work and modes of value realization in platform economies
AI intensity and employment elasticity are linked by a U-shaped relationship.
Result reported by the paper based on the authors' empirical/econometric analysis of international datasets (OECD/ILO/World Bank).
high mixed Impact Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) On Employment employment elasticity (relationship to AI intensity)
The paper analyzes AI as a continuous process using data from the OECD, ILO, and the World Bank to study job displacement, creation, and reallocation.
Empirical analysis described in the paper using datasets from OECD, ILO, and World Bank; econometric approach implied.
high mixed Impact Of Artificial Intelligence (AI) On Employment job displacement, job creation, and job reallocation