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Evidence (13870 claims)

Adoption
8467 claims
Productivity
7558 claims
Governance
6805 claims
Human-AI Collaboration
6363 claims
Org Design
4132 claims
Innovation
4065 claims
Labor Markets
3526 claims
Skills & Training
2945 claims
Inequality
2066 claims

Evidence Matrix

Claim counts by outcome category and direction of finding.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 749 196 98 892 1984
Governance & Regulation 817 394 188 121 1544
Organizational Efficiency 771 189 124 83 1177
Technology Adoption Rate 627 233 123 96 1088
Research Productivity 411 123 56 332 933
Output Quality 467 178 59 47 751
Decision Quality 320 174 75 42 618
Firm Productivity 435 55 88 20 604
AI Safety & Ethics 214 276 65 33 593
Market Structure 178 167 122 24 496
Task Allocation 207 64 71 32 379
Skill Acquisition 165 59 60 17 301
Innovation Output 203 27 43 18 292
Employment Level 105 52 107 13 279
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 131 69 43 26 276
Consumer Welfare 116 63 42 11 232
Firm Revenue 150 48 26 3 227
Inequality Measures 44 122 49 6 221
Task Completion Time 169 29 8 12 219
Worker Satisfaction 89 63 20 12 184
Error Rate 69 92 10 2 173
Regulatory Compliance 76 68 14 5 163
Training Effectiveness 93 21 13 19 148
Wages & Compensation 77 36 25 6 144
Automation Exposure 51 54 22 12 142
Team Performance 86 17 27 9 140
Developer Productivity 94 17 14 6 132
Job Displacement 12 80 20 1 113
Hiring & Recruitment 51 7 8 3 69
Creative Output 31 17 7 3 59
Skill Obsolescence 5 46 6 1 58
Social Protection 27 16 8 2 53
Labor Share of Income 17 17 17 51
Worker Turnover 11 12 3 26
Industry 1 1
Analyses were conducted as intent-to-treat comparisons across arms, with hypothesis tests reported (including p-values) and principal stratification used for mechanism decomposition.
Methods statement: intent-to-treat comparisons, reported p-values for score differences, and use of principal stratification for separating total effect into adoption and effectiveness channels in the randomized trial (n = 164).
high null result Training for Technology: Adoption and Productive Use of Gene... Analysis methods (ITT, hypothesis tests, principal stratification)
The primary outcomes analyzed were LLM adoption (use), exam score (grade points), and answer length.
Study’s stated primary outcomes in methods: adoption indicator, exam score on an issue-spotting exam, and answer length (measured). Sample size n = 164.
high null result Training for Technology: Adoption and Productive Use of Gene... Adoption; exam score; answer length
The study used a randomized controlled design with three arms: no LLM access, optional LLM access, and optional LLM access plus brief training.
Study methods description: randomized assignment of 164 law students to three experimental conditions as listed.
high null result Training for Technology: Adoption and Productive Use of Gene... Study design (randomization and arm definitions)
The intervention consisted of roughly a ten-minute training focused on how to use the LLM effectively.
Study description of the intervention in the randomized experiment (three-arm design with one arm receiving ~10-minute targeted training).
high null result Training for Technology: Adoption and Productive Use of Gene... Intervention duration/content (training implementation)
Findings are estimated for Chinese cities and require replication in other institutional contexts to assess external validity.
Scope statement in the paper — primary empirical sample limited to 274 Chinese cities; authors note generalizability limits and call for replication elsewhere.
high null result Artificial intelligence, greening of occupational structure ... Generalizability/external validity (interpretative claim)
The paper’s AI exposure index — capturing automation and service-sector transformation — is important for robust measurement in empirical work on AI’s macro and environmental effects.
Methodological claim justified by the paper's construction of the index and its use in the main and robustness regressions; robustness checks reported using alternative index specifications.
high null result Artificial intelligence, greening of occupational structure ... Quality/robustness of AI exposure measurement (index performance across specific...
The paper constructs an AI exposure index that captures both industrial automation (robots) and AI-enabled transformation of service-sector jobs/tasks.
Methodological construction described in the paper combining measures of industrial robot adoption (sectoral push) and AI-driven changes in service-sector job/task content.
high null result Artificial intelligence, greening of occupational structure ... AI exposure index (independent variable)
The study uses a panel of 274 Chinese cities from 2007–2021 as the primary empirical sample.
Descriptive dataset information reported in the paper — city-level panel covering 274 cities and the years 2007 through 2021.
high null result Artificial intelligence, greening of occupational structure ... N/A (sample description)
The paper's empirical approach is primarily qualitative and interpretive: a systematic literature review plus comparative qualitative case studies, using policy documents, public diplomacy examples, development initiatives, technology export and standards behaviour, and secondary empirical studies as evidence.
Methods section of the paper explicitly states the approach and evidence types; sample of four comparative cases (US, China, EU, Russia) is specified.
high null result Smart Power and the Transformation of Contemporary Internati... nature of evidence and methodological approach (qualitative, interpretive case s...
The paper demonstrates different mixes and institutional practices of smart power in practice by applying the framework to the United States, China, the European Union, and Russia.
Explicit comparative qualitative case studies of four major international actors (sample size: four cases) using policy documents, public diplomacy examples, and development/technology initiatives as illustrative evidence.
high null result Smart Power and the Transformation of Contemporary Internati... variation in smart power mixes and institutional practices across four named act...
Empirical validation of the book’s proposals would require complementary case studies, model documentation, and outcome measurements.
Author/reviewer recommendation in the blurb about methodological limitations and next steps; not an empirical finding.
high null result Governing The Future need for empirical case studies, documented models, and outcome metrics to valid...
The book is predominantly conceptual and policy-analytic and uses illustrative case vignettes rather than presenting a single empirical study.
Explicit methodological description in the Data & Methods blurb: synthesis of technical ideas, governance requirements, and illustrative vignettes; no empirical sample or experimental protocol described.
high null result Governing The Future presence or absence of empirical methodology in the book
The research program is grounded in 12 years of forensic legal research spanning 2014–2026.
Author-stated research timeline and methodology (2014–2026 forensic legal research).
high null result Diego Saucedo Portillo Sauceport Research research duration (years of study: 12)
The protocol is underpinned by a forensic audit of approximately 4,200 specialized texts (legal doctrine, regulation, standards, technical literature).
Stated corpus and audit in the Methods section: ~4,200 texts reviewed as part of the forensic audit.
high null result Diego Saucedo Portillo Sauceport Research size of the audited corpus (~4,200 texts)
The protocol systematizes arguments for 16 projected rulings at Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) to anchor the proposed rights and rules in constitutional practice.
Doctrinal projection and constitutional strategy section of the compendium describing 16 projected SCJN rulings (method: legal projection/modeling).
high null result Diego Saucedo Portillo Sauceport Research existence of a systematized set of arguments aimed at 16 projected SCJN rulings
The compendium’s findings and recommendations are based on a forensic audit of approximately 4,200 specialized texts covering doctrine, jurisprudence, regulation and technical literature.
Stated methodological claim in the compendium: forensic corpus audit of ~4,200 texts (sample size reported).
high null result Diego Saucedo Portillo Sauceport Research size and composition of the document corpus used for analysis (number of texts)
The evidence base is qualitative: the study uses conceptual framework synthesis, comparative analysis of multi-sector implementations, and case examples rather than randomized or large-sample empirical evaluation.
Methods and limitations section of the paper explicitly describing the evidence base and methods (qualitative synthesis, pattern extraction, cross-case lessons).
high null result Governed Hyperautomation for CRM and ERP: A Reference Patter... type and rigor of empirical evidence supporting claims
The paper presents a deployment pattern intended to be adapted by sector and regulatory context rather than a one-size-fits-all blueprint.
Explicit statement in the paper and the described pattern design; based on qualitative pattern extraction and prescriptive guidance.
high null result Governed Hyperautomation for CRM and ERP: A Reference Patter... character of the deployment guidance (adaptable pattern vs. fixed blueprint)
Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test hypothesized direct, mediated, and moderated paths.
Methods/analysis section states PLS-SEM was the statistical approach to estimate paths, mediation, and moderation effects.
The study employed a 2 × 2 between-subjects experimental design manipulating (1) identity disclosure (transparent vs. nondisclosed) and (2) conversational tone (empathetic/personalized vs. generic).
Explicit description of experimental factors and design in the methods (2 × 2 between-subjects).
high null result AI Chatbots as Informatics-Enabled Marketing Service Systems... experimental manipulation (design)
Stimuli (chatbot dialogues) were standardized and pretested using a large-language-model (LLM) workflow to ensure consistent experimental stimuli across conditions.
Methods section describing stimuli creation: LLM-generated dialogues were produced and pretested to standardize messages across the 2 × 2 conditions.
high null result AI Chatbots as Informatics-Enabled Marketing Service Systems... stimuli standardization / experimental control
Methodological claim: combining fixed-effects panel estimation, mediation analysis, and panel threshold models is an effective multi-method approach to (a) estimate average effects, (b) unpack causal channels, and (c) detect nonlinear stage-dependent impacts.
The paper's applied methodology: fixed-effects panel regressions, mediation framework, and panel threshold modeling on the 2012–2022 provincial panel.
high null result Digital rural development and agricultural green total facto... Methodological validity / estimation strategy
The paper constructs a multidimensional digitalization index composed of digital infrastructure, digital service capacity, and the digital development environment.
Index construction described in data/methods: composite indicator combining measures of connectivity/broadband (infrastructure), e-commerce/digital finance (service capacity), and policy/institutional/human capital indicators (development environment).
high null result Digital rural development and agricultural green total facto... Digitalization index components (infrastructure, service capacity, development e...
The study is observational (panel) and subject to limitations: residual confounding is possible; two-way fixed-effects estimators can be biased with heterogeneous treatment timing or dynamics; external validity beyond China and non-grain crops is not established.
Authors' stated limitations and caveats in the paper regarding identification and generalizability of results from the CLDS 2014–2018 observational panel.
high null result Whole-Process Agricultural Production Chain Management and L... study validity and generalizability (methodological limitation)
The study uses two-way fixed-effects (household and year) models as the primary identification strategy and employs propensity score matching (PSM) as a robustness check.
Methods section of the paper describing estimation strategy applied to the CLDS 2014–2018 panel of grain-producing households.
high null result Whole-Process Agricultural Production Chain Management and L... methodological approach (no substantive outcome)
The regional average minimum cost of salaried labor (MCSL) was 43.1% of GDP per worker in 2023.
Computed for the same 19-country sample (baseline 2023) using country statutory employer obligations and reporting MCSL relative to GDP per worker following the updated IDB approach.
high null result Salaried Labor Costs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A T... MCSL (minimum cost of salaried labor) as % of GDP per worker
The regional average non-wage cost of salaried labor (NWC) in Latin America and the Caribbean was 51.1% of formal wages in 2023.
Calculated for a sample of 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries for baseline year 2023 by compiling country-specific statutory employer obligations (payroll taxes, social contributions, mandated benefits, severance, etc.) and expressing employer non-wage costs relative to formal wages using the updated IDB methodology.
high null result Salaried Labor Costs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A T... NWC (employer non-wage costs) as % of formal wages
Attributing productivity changes specifically to AI requires causal identification beyond VIS accounting (e.g., experiments, instrumental variables, difference-in-differences).
Paper notes that VIS is an accounting framework and that causal attribution to AI requires econometric/experimental methods beyond input–output accounting.
high null result Measuring labor productivity dynamics in U.S. industrial and... need for causal identification methods to link observed productivity changes to ...
The method uses BEA for industry output and industry-by-industry transactions, BLS for employment and hours worked, and IMPLAN for detailed input–output structure and sector mapping; coverage period is 2014–2023.
Explicit data sources and time coverage stated: public BEA, BLS, and IMPLAN annual data 2014–2023 used to construct input–output matrices and labor measures.
high null result Measuring labor productivity dynamics in U.S. industrial and... data provenance and temporal coverage (2014–2023)
Limitations of the review include the small sample of studies, uneven geographic coverage, heterogeneity in methods across studies, and limited long‑run evidence (especially on generative AI), which complicate causal aggregation.
Author-reported limitations based on the meta-assessment of the 17 included studies (variation in methods, contexts, and time horizons).
high null result The role of generative artificial intelligence on labor mark... limitations to causal inference and generalizability
Design of this work: a systematic literature review and meta‑synthesis of empirical findings from peer‑reviewed journals (2020–2025), based on 17 publications.
Stated methods and inclusion criteria of the paper: systematic review of peer‑reviewed literature (sample = 17).
high null result The role of generative artificial intelligence on labor mark... study design / review methodology
Long-term evidence on generative AI’s structural labor‑market effects is scarce; few longitudinal studies exist.
Assessment of study horizons and methods among the 17 papers indicates limited long-run and longitudinal analyses specifically on generative AI impacts.
high null result The role of generative artificial intelligence on labor mark... availability of long-term / longitudinal studies on generative AI effects
Empirical coverage is limited for low‑income countries; evidence from such settings is scarce.
Geographic distribution of the 17 reviewed studies shows concentration in advanced economies with few or no studies focused on low-income countries.
high null result The role of generative artificial intelligence on labor mark... geographic representativeness of empirical evidence
The literature shows a surge in research activity on AI and labor markets in 2023–2025 and a concentration of studies in advanced economies.
Meta-analytic summary of the publication years and geographic focus among the 17 selected publications (temporal and geographic count of included studies).
high null result The role of generative artificial intelligence on labor mark... publication counts by year and geographic coverage
Results depend on accurate skill extraction from vacancy texts and valid measures of occupational exposure/complementarity; causal interpretation of diffusion effects may be limited by endogeneity (e.g., technology adoption responding to labor-market conditions).
Authors' stated methodological limitations: reliance on text-analysis identification of skills and on constructed measures of exposure/complementarity; acknowledgement of endogeneity concerns limiting causal claims.
high null result Bridging Skill Gaps for the Future Validity and causal interpretability of estimated diffusion effects (methodologi...
The paper proposes two conceptual models (AI/ML‑Driven Labor Market Transformation Model and Sectoral Impact and Resilience Model) to organize heterogeneous findings and generate testable hypotheses about how AI reshapes labor across sectors and skill levels.
Conceptual synthesis integrating Technological Determinism, Socio‑Technical Systems Theory (STS), and Skill‑Biased Technological Change (SBTC); the models are theoretical outputs of the review used to map mechanisms and heterogeneity rather than empirical findings.
high null result The Impact of AI Machine Learning on Human Labor in the Work... conceptual mapping of mechanisms (task automation vs augmentation, sectoral expo...
There are substantial measurement and identification gaps in the literature: heterogeneity in measuring 'AI adoption', limited long‑run causal evidence, and geographic bias toward advanced economies.
Methodological assessment within the review noting variability across studies in AI measures (patents, investment, task exposure proxies), paucity of long‑run causal designs, and concentration of empirical studies in advanced economies; this is a meta‑evidence limitation statement.
high null result The Impact of AI Machine Learning on Human Labor in the Work... quality and robustness of empirical evidence on AI's labor‑market impacts
The Iceberg Index indicates where capability exists but does not indicate whether or when job losses will occur.
Explicit caution in the paper noting the distinction between technical exposure (capability overlap) and realized labor-market outcomes; methodological limitation described.
high null result The Iceberg Index: Measuring Workforce Exposure in the AI Ec... distinction between capability exposure (Iceberg Index) and realized job loss/ad...
The Iceberg Index captures capability overlap but does not capture firm adoption choices, regulatory constraints, social acceptance, complementarity effects, or worker reallocation dynamics.
Limitations section in the paper explicitly listing these omitted factors; methodological boundaries of the Iceberg Index stated.
high null result The Iceberg Index: Measuring Workforce Exposure in the AI Ec... scope/limitations of the Iceberg Index (what it does not measure)
Model and simulations are implemented with the AgentTorch framework.
Implementation note in the paper indicating AgentTorch was used to build the agent-based models and run simulations.
high null result The Iceberg Index: Measuring Workforce Exposure in the AI Ec... implementation platform (AgentTorch)
The simulation model represents 151 million U.S. workers as autonomous agents, covers 32,000+ distinct skills, links agents to thousands of AI tools, and provides county-level resolution (~3,000 U.S. counties).
Model specification described in the paper: large-population agent-based model (AgentTorch) parameterized with occupation, skills portfolios, wages, and county locations; counts provided in the paper.
high null result The Iceberg Index: Measuring Workforce Exposure in the AI Ec... model scope metrics: number of agents (151M), skills (~32k), counties (~3k), and...
The Iceberg Index is a skills-centered metric that measures the wage value of specific skills AI systems can perform within each occupation; it quantifies technical exposure (capability overlap), not displacement, adoption timelines, or realized outcomes.
Methodological definition: mapping of ~32,000 skills to occupations with wage-value contributions, summing wages of skills that current AI capabilities cover to compute the index.
high null result The Iceberg Index: Measuring Workforce Exposure in the AI Ec... Iceberg Index value (wage-value of automatable skills per occupation/geography)
The study maps employment channels for AI-competent graduates and documents the most frequent job titles/roles and associated wage levels.
Descriptive analysis of employer channels, occupational role frequencies, and wage data compiled in the monitoring dataset covering graduates and alternative-route entrants.
high null result Employment og Graduates of Educational Programs in the Field... Distribution across employment channels, frequency of job titles/roles, and wage...
Quasi-experimental designs (difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, event studies) and panel regressions are useful methods for identifying causal effects of AI adoption where plausibly exogenous variation exists.
Methodological summary in the paper listing common empirical strategies used in the literature to estimate causal impacts of technology adoption.
high null result Intelligence and Labor Market Transformation: A Critical Ana... valid causal estimates of AI's effects on employment and wages
Current research is limited by measurement challenges in capturing AI capabilities and firm-level adoption, and by a lack of longitudinal worker-firm data and causal identification in many settings.
Explicit limitations noted by the paper: gaps in task measures, scarce longitudinal linked datasets, and methodological challenges in causal inference.
high null result Intelligence and Labor Market Transformation: A Critical Ana... quality and availability of AI exposure measures and longitudinal causal evidenc...
This paper's approach is qualitative and based on secondary literature synthesis; it does not collect primary survey, experimental, or administrative data.
Explicit statement in the Data & Methods section of the paper.
high null result Who Loses to Automation? AI-Driven Labour Displacement and t... type of data used (secondary qualitative synthesis rather than primary empirical...
Key empirical gaps remain: better measurement of K_T (AI/software capital), more granular matched employer‑employee and wealth data, and improved estimates of task-substitution elasticities are required to precisely quantify incidence and policy impacts.
Authors’ stated research agenda and limitations section, including sensitivity analyses showing outcome variation with parameter choices and measurement uncertainty.
high null result The Macroeconomic Transition of Technological Capital in the... quality/precision of measurement of K_T and task-substitution elasticities (rese...
The study classifies economic activities into a binary grouping (highly digitalized vs less digitalized) based on telework feasibility and digital intensity and uses COVID-19 as a quasi-natural experiment within a DiD framework on quarterly panel data for 27 EU Member States (2018–2024, N = 36,685).
Study design and data description reported in abstract: binary classification of sectors by telework feasibility and digital intensity; DiD using COVID-19 shock; panel 2018–2024 for 27 EU Member States; sample size N = 36,685.
The study employs a multidimensional clustering approach based on firm size, age, market competitiveness, and digital infrastructure to examine heterogeneous AI effects.
Methodological description in the paper stating multidimensional clustering variables (size, age, competitiveness, digital infrastructure) used to form firm clusters for heterogeneity analysis.
high other The Heterogeneous Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Ente... methodological approach / clustering variables
The study uses panel data of 3,366 Chinese A-share listed firms from 2015 to 2023.
Direct statement of dataset and time period in the paper (panel of 3366 Chinese A-share listed firms, 2015–2023).