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Veränderungen der Arbeitswelt durch Künstliche Intelligenz

Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Auswirkungen des Einsatzes künstlicher Intelligenz auf den Arbeitsmarkt werden breit diskutiert. Welche Folgen für Beschäftigung, Löhne und Qualifikationsanforderungen sind zu erwarten? Birgt die Nutzung automatisierter Entscheidungssysteme (z.B. für die Personalauswahl) ein Diskriminierungsrisiko? Wie wirkt sich der Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz auf die Arbeitsqualität aus?
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    AI adoption, productivity and employment: Evidence from European firms (2026)

    Aldasoro, Iñaki; Gambacorta, Leonardo; Pal, Rozalia; Wolski, Marcin; Weiß, Christoph; Revoltella, Debora;

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    Aldasoro, Iñaki, Leonardo Gambacorta, Rozalia Pal, Debora Revoltella, Christoph Weiß & Marcin Wolski (2026): AI adoption, productivity and employment: Evidence from European firms. (Economics - working papers / European Investment Bank 2026/02), Luxembourg, 32 S. DOI:10.2867/1772538

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    "This paper provides new evidence on how the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) affects productivity and employment in Europe. Using matched EIBIS-ORBIS data on more than 12,000 non-financial firms in the European Union (EU) and United States (US), we instrument the adoption of AI by EU firms by assigning the adoption rates of US peers to isolate exogenous technological exposure. Our results show that AI adoption increases the level of labor productivity by 4%. Productivity gains are due to capital deepening, as we find no adverse effects on firm-level employment. This suggests that AI increases worker output rather than replacing labor in the short run, though longer-term effects remain uncertain. However, productivity benefits of AI adoption are unevenly distributed and concentrate in medium and large firms. Moreover, AI-adopting firms are more innovative and their workers earn higher wages. Our analysis also highlights the critical role of complementary investments in software and data or workforce training to fully unlock the productivity gains of AI adoption." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    The effect of AI on labour demand: A critical assessment of 'Power and Progress' by Acemoglu and Johnson (2026)

    Aldred, Jonathan;

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    Aldred, Jonathan (2026): The effect of AI on labour demand: A critical assessment of 'Power and Progress' by Acemoglu and Johnson. In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Jg. 78, S. 188-196. DOI:10.1016/j.strueco.2026.03.008

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    "Task-based models of production have led to a theoretical reappraisal of the effect of new technology on labour demand. This paper critically assesses the policy implications of this research agenda, with particular reference to Acemoglu and Johnson’s recent book, Power and Progress. While Acemoglu and Johnson take welcome steps away from previous orthodoxy, their analysis has several flaws which affect the policy lessons to be drawn, including: (i) the explanation for anti-labour bias is unclear; (ii) worker-friendly technologies are not clearly characterised in theory, and hard to identify in practice; (iii) macroeconomic policy orthodoxy is largely unquestioned. More generally, much of Power and Progress remains unhelpfully constrained by theoretical commitments to mainstream economics." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2026 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V.) ((en))

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    Automation Experiments and Inequality (2026)

    Benzell, Seth Gordon; Myers, Kyle R. ;

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    Benzell, Seth Gordon & Kyle R. Myers (2026): Automation Experiments and Inequality. (NBER working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research 34668), Cambridge, Mass, 26 S., App. DOI:10.3386/w34668

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    "Many experiments study the productivity effects of automation technologies such as generative algorithms. A key test in these experiments relates to inequality: does the technology increase output more for high- or low-skill workers? However, the theoretical content of this empirical test has been unclear. Here, we formalize a theory that describes the experimental effect of automation technologies on worker-level output and, therefore, inequality. Worker-level output depends on a task-level production function, and workers are heterogeneous in their task-level skills. Workers perform a task themselves or delegate it to the automation technology. The inequality effect of improved automation depends on the interaction of two factors: (i) the correlation in task-level skills across workers, and (ii) workers' skills relative to the technology's effective skill. In many cases we study, the inequality effect is non-monotonic --- as technologies improve, inequality decreases then increases. The model and descriptive statistics of skill correlations generally suggest that the diversity of automation technologies will play an important role in the evolution of inequality." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Generative AI and Career Choices (2026)

    Gschwendt, Christian ; Zoellner, Thea S.; Viarengo, Martina ;

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    Gschwendt, Christian, Martina Viarengo & Thea S. Zoellner (2026): Generative AI and Career Choices. (Working paper / Swiss Leading House 251), Zürich, 52 S.

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    "The economic impact of technological change will critically depend on how future workers invest in their human capital. Yet, little is known about how future workers themselves evaluate and choose their educational and occupational paths in light of emerging technologies. This paper examines how adolescents currently at the school-to-work transition stage value working with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in their future occupations, and how automation risk and opportunities for continuing education shape these preferences. We field a discrete-choice experiment among a nationally representative sample of over 7,000 Swiss adolescents aged around 15. We find that adolescents generally exhibit an aversion to collaborating with GenAI at work, with females consistently more averse than males. However, preferences are nuanced: adolescents welcome greater GenAI collaboration, provided that GenAI usage levels remain moderate and that it is not accompanied by increases in job-automation risk. Finally, continuing education opportunities in occupations improve attitudes towards working with GenAI across genders. Our results challenge simple narratives of technology acceptance or rejection, revealing that adolescents' willingness to work with GenAI depends on how it is implemented — its intensity, associated displacement risks, and accompanying skill development - rather than the technology itself. Our findings suggest that the way future workers value GenAI collaboration in their career choices critically depends on its intensity and on the interplay with automation risk and AI-related educational opportunities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    The impact of AI on global knowledge work (2026)

    Ide, Enrique; Talamas, Eduard;

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    Ide, Enrique & Eduard Talamas (2026): The impact of AI on global knowledge work. In: Journal of monetary economics, Jg. 157. DOI:10.1016/j.jmoneco.2025.103876

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    "We analyze how Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes global knowledge work in a two-region world where firms organize production hierarchically to use knowledge efficiently: the most knowledgeable individuals specialize in problem-solving, while others perform routine work. Before AI, the Advanced Economy specializes in problem-solving services, whereas the Emerging Economy focuses on routine work. AI converts compute — which is located in the Advanced Economy — into autonomous “AI agents” that perfectly substitute for humans with a given level of knowledge. Basic AI reduces the Advanced Economy ’s net exports of problem-solving services, potentially reversing pre-AI trade patterns. In contrast, sophisticated AI expands these exports, reinforcing existing trade patterns. Finally, we show that a global ban on AI autonomy redistributes AI’s gains toward lower-skilled workers, while a regional ban — such as prohibiting autonomy only in the Emerging Economy — offers little benefit to lower-skilled workers and harms the most knowledgeable individuals in that region." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.) ((en))

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    Digital Gender Gap: Schwerpunkt 2026 Künstliche Intelligenz (2026)

    Jahn, Sandy; Matthes, Britta ; Burkert, Carola ; Diener, Katharina;

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    Jahn, Sandy, Carola Burkert, Katharina Diener & Britta Matthes (2026): Digital Gender Gap. Schwerpunkt 2026 Künstliche Intelligenz. Berlin, 20 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.D21.2026

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    "Künstliche Intelligenz wird immer mehr zur Schlüsselressource. Ihre Nutzung entscheidet zunehmend über Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Beschäftigungschancen und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe – vergleichbar mit Alphabetisierung oder Internetzugang in früheren Transformationsphasen. Die Studie des IAB und der Initiative D 21 zeigt: Es besteht ein signifikanter Gender AI Gap. Frauen nutzen KI-Anwendungen seltener und weniger intensiv als Männer (rund 16 Prozentpunkte Unterschied in der Ausgangsbetrachtung). Wenn Unterschiede in Alter, Bildung, Einkommen, beruflichem Kontext sowie Kompetenzen und Einstellungen statistisch berücksichtigt werden, verringert sich die Lücke zwar – bleibt aber auch dann bestehen (rund 8 Prozentpunkte)." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Der Gender AI Gap: "KI wird zur Schlüsselressource - aber Männer und Frauen nutzen sie nicht gleich" (2026)

    Keitel, Christiane; Diener, Katharina; Matthes, Britta ; Jahn, Sandy; Burkert, Carola ;

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    Keitel, Christiane; Katharina Diener, Britta Matthes, Sandy Jahn & Carola Burkert (interviewte Person) (2026): Der Gender AI Gap: "KI wird zur Schlüsselressource - aber Männer und Frauen nutzen sie nicht gleich". In: IAB-Forum H. 23.04.2026. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FOO.20260423.01

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    "Mit der rasanten Verbreitung von Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Arbeitswelt entsteht eine neue Lücke zwischen den Geschlechtern: der Gender AI Gap. Dies zeigt eine aktuelle Studie des IAB, die in Zusammenarbeit mit der Initiative D21 entstanden ist, Deutschlands größtem gemeinnützigen Netzwerk für die digitale Gesellschaft. Der Studie zufolge nutzen Frauen KI deutlich seltener und weniger intensiv nutzen als Männer – selbst bei vergleichbaren Voraussetzungen. Warum das so ist, welche Rolle Netzwerke und Wahrnehmungen spielen, und an welchen Stellschrauben Politik und Betriebe jetzt ansetzen müssen, erläutern die Autorinnen der Studie im Interview." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Gender bias in machine learning: insights from official labour statistics and textual analysis (2026)

    Menis–Mastromichalakis, Orfeas ; Filandrianos, George; Stamou, Giorgos ; Parsanoglou, Dimitris ; Symeonaki, Maria ; Stamatopoulou, Glykeria ;

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    Menis–Mastromichalakis, Orfeas, George Filandrianos, Maria Symeonaki, Glykeria Stamatopoulou, Dimitris Parsanoglou & Giorgos Stamou (2026): Gender bias in machine learning: insights from official labour statistics and textual analysis. In: Quality & quantity, Jg. 60, H. 1, S. 619-653. DOI:10.1007/s11135-025-02261-0

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    "The interplay between technology and societal norms often reveals a troubling reality: machine learning systems not only reflect existing gender stereotypes but can also amplify and entrench them, making these biases harder to detect and address. This paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods with recent technological advancements, such as machine learning techniques for textual analysis and computational linguistics, to offer a new framework for understanding occupational gender bias in machine learning. The study is motivated by persistent gender inequalities in the labor market and rising concerns about gendered algorithmic bias, as outlined in the European Commission’s Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025. Focusing on language translation technologies, the research explores how machine learning may perpetuate or amplify gender stereotypes, aiming to foster more inclusive digital systems aligned with EU strategic goals. More specifically, it investigates occupational gender segregation and its manifestations in various forms of gender bias in machine learning across English, French, and Greek. The study introduces a classification of gender biases in machine learning, providing insights into professional areas needing intervention to address gender imbalances and identifying enduring stereotypical representations in textual data. To support this, statistical analysis is conducted to explore gender variations in occupations over the past thirteen years, using official data and international classifications such as the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08). Moreover, gendered occupational distributions are extracted from 200,920 text instances in the three languages, revealing significant discrepancies between official labour statistics and the training data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Artificial Intelligence and Productivity in Europe (2026)

    Misch, Florian; Park, Ben; Sher, Galen; Pizzinelli, Carlo;

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    Misch, Florian, Ben Park, Carlo Pizzinelli & Galen Sher (2026): Artificial Intelligence and Productivity in Europe. (CESifo working paper 12401), München, 37 S.

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    "The discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) often centers around its impact on productivity, but macroeconomic evidence for Europe remains scarce. Using the Acemoglu (2024) approach we simulate the medium-term impact of AI adoption on total factor productivity for 31 European countries. We compile many scenarios by pooling evidence on which tasks will be automatable in the near term, using reduced-form regressions to predict AI adoption across Europe, and considering relevant regulation that restricts AI use heterogeneously across tasks, occupations and sectors. We find that the medium-term productivity gains for Europe as a whole are likely to be modest, at around 1 percent cumulatively over five years. While economically still moderate, these gains are still larger than estimates by Acemoglu (2024) for the US. They vary widely across scenarios and countries and are substantially larger in countries with higher incomes. Furthermore, we show that national and EU regulations around occupation-level requirements, AI safety, and data privacy combined could reduce Europe's productivity gains by over 30 percent if AI exposure were 50 percent lower in tasks, occupations and sectors affected by regulation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Machine learning for labor market matching (2026)

    Mühlbauer, Sabrina ; Weber, Enzo ;

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    Mühlbauer, Sabrina & Enzo Weber (2026): Machine learning for labor market matching. In: Machine learning with applications, Jg. 23, 2026-02-03. DOI:10.1016/j.mlwa.2026.100861

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    "This paper develops a large-scale machine learning framework to improve labor market matching using rich administrative data. Matching is defined as a job seeker entering employment in a specific occupational field. We exploit comprehensive employment biographies from Germany, covering individual characteristics and job-related information, to estimate employment probabilities across occupations and generate personalized job recommendations. The contribution lies in demonstrating why machine learning methods are particularly well suited for administrative labor market data and outperform traditional statistical approaches. We compare logit, ordinary least squares (OLS), k-nearest neighbors, and random forest (RF). RF consistently achieves the highest predictive performance. Its advantage is rooted in key methodological properties: RF builds an ensemble of decision trees trained on bootstrap samples, introduces random feature selection at each split, and aggregates predictions through majority voting. This enables RF to capture nonlinear relationships and complex interactions, remain robust in high-dimensional settings, and reduce overfitting — features that are particularly relevant for heterogeneous and imbalanced administrative data. Compared to conventional models, RF better exploits the full informational content of employment histories, especially when estimating on all employment spells rather than restricting the sample to unemployment-to-employment transitions. The sample comprises approximately 55 million spells, representing about 6 percent of the German workforce from 2012 to 2018. Our results suggest that ML-based matching, relative to standard statistical approaches, could hypothetically reduce the unemployment rate by up to 0.3 percentage points, highlighting the practical relevance of RF-based decision support for labor market policy." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Elsevier) ((en))

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    KI in Betrieben: Mehr Ausbildung – aber Weiterbildung zunehmend für anspruchsvollere Tätigkeiten (2026)

    Mühlemann, Samuel;

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    Mühlemann, Samuel (2026): KI in Betrieben. Mehr Ausbildung – aber Weiterbildung zunehmend für anspruchsvollere Tätigkeiten. In: Ifo-Schnelldienst, Jg. 79, H. 03, S. 09-13.

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    "Auf Basis des BIBB-Betriebspanels werden die Folgen der Einführung von Künstlicher Intelligenz für die betriebliche Aus- und Weiterbildung in Deutschland analysiert. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass KI-einführende Ausbildungsbetriebe im Durchschnitt rund 14% mehr neue Auszubildende einstellen. Das spricht für verstärkte Investitionen in den internen Kompetenzaufbau im Zuge des technologischen Wandels. Zugleich verschiebt sich die betriebliche Weiterbildung zugunsten hochqualifizierter Tätigkeiten, während Beschäftigte in Fachkraft- und einfachen Tätigkeiten seltener teilnehmen. Daraus ergibt sich das Risiko einer kumulativen Benachteiligung Geringqualifizierter. Es werden drei wirtschaftspolitische Handlungsfelder abgeleitet: die bessere Integration Jugendlicher mit geringen schulischen Qualifikationen in die duale Ausbildung, eine zielgerichtete Weiterbildungsförderung für Geringqualifizierte sowie schnellere Aktualisierungszyklen für Ausbildungsordnungen und Rahmenlehrpläne." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Human-centred digital transitions and skill mismatches in European workplaces (2026)

    Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Santangelo, Giulia ;

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    Pouliakas, Konstantinos & Giulia Santangelo (2026): Human-centred digital transitions and skill mismatches in European workplaces. (CEDEFOP working paper series / European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 2026,01), Luxembourg, 163 S. DOI:10.2801/9894877

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    "New digital and artificial intelligence technologies are fast reshaping skill requirements in the EU labour market, fostering skill mismatches. There are marked concerns about the potentially adverse consequences of automation and AI on employment, as well as the lagging competitiveness of EU economies as individuals’ upskilling or reskilling is failing to adapt. To deepen understanding of how digitalisation is affecting the nature of work and skill mismatches in EU labour markets, Cedefop carried out the second wave of the European skills and jobs survey in 2021. In this special edition of Cedefop’s working paper series, ten original, short contributions have been drafted in which researchers explore in depth, for the first time, the ESJS2 microdata. The publication presents a wealth of focused and robust empirical analyses, covering a wide range of different issues on how the digital transition is affecting jobs, skills and training in Europe." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Chancen künstlicher Intelligenz für die Deckung des Fachkräftebedarfs im Mittelstand (2026)

    Schneider, Sebastian; Becker, Felix; Löher, Jonas; Brink, Siegrun; Icks, Annette;

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    Schneider, Sebastian, Siegrun Brink, Jonas Löher, Annette Icks & Felix Becker (2026): Chancen künstlicher Intelligenz für die Deckung des Fachkräftebedarfs im Mittelstand. (IfM-Materialien / Institut für Mittelstandsforschung Bonn 312), Bonn, 32 S.

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    "Diese Studie untersucht, welchen Beitrag der Einsatz von KI zur Deckung des Fachkräftebe darfs im Mittelstand leisten kann. Anhand exemplarischer Fallbeispiele werden Treiber und Hemmnisse sowohl für den substitutiven als auch den komplementären KI-Einsatz identifiziert. Es zeigt sich: Das Potenzial von KI zur Deckung des Fachkräftebedarfs hängt von ihrer Ein satzart ab. Die Unternehmen nutzen KI derzeit vor allem substitutiv, indem einzelne Tätigkeiten übernommen und Beschäftigte entlastet werden, ohne Arbeitsplätze abzubauen. Auf diese Weise kann der KI-Einsatz Stellenbesetzungsprobleme mindern und indirekt zur Verringerung des Fachkräftemangels beitragen. Perspektivisch ist ein zunehmend komplementärer KI-Ein satz zu erwarten, der Tätigkeitsprofile sowie Qualifikationsanforderungen nachhaltig verän dert. Das kann neue Stellenbesetzungsprobleme und potenziell einen zunehmenden Fach kräftemangel nach sich ziehen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Envisioning the Future of Work: From Ideas to Reforms (2026)

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    Spencer, David A. (2026): Envisioning the Future of Work: From Ideas to Reforms. In: BJIR, S. 1-11. DOI:10.1111/bjir.70035

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    "Two different theoretical perspectives concerning technology and the future of work are examined. One is linked to mainstream economics, whereas the other is associated with critical (‘post-work ’) discourse. Ideas about work—its nature and impacts on well-being—matter in both perspectives. Indeed, they shape visions of a ‘better’ or ‘ideal’ future. They also influence policy responses to new technology. A critique is presented of the ways that work and its possible futures are understood. This critique is used to develop a different set of ideas about how technology might be harnessed to reduce the burden and raise the quality of work. The ability of ideas to effect reforms in and of work—ideas that have currency now and possible radical alternatives—is also assessed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    AI Skills Improve Job Prospects: Causal Evidence from a Hiring Experiment (2026)

    Stephany, Fabian ; Leone, Angelo; Teutloff, Ole ;

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    Stephany, Fabian, Ole Teutloff & Angelo Leone (2026): AI Skills Improve Job Prospects: Causal Evidence from a Hiring Experiment. (arXiv papers), 46 S. DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2601.13286

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    "The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has heightened interest in the labour market value of AI-related skills, yet causal evidence on their role in hiring decisions remains scarce. This study examines whether AI skills serve as a positive hiring signal and whether they can offset conventional disadvantages such as older age or lower formal education. We conduct an experimental survey with 1,700 recruiters from the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a paired conjoint design, recruiters evaluated hypothetical candidates represented by synthetically designed résumés. Across three occupations – graphic designer, officeassistant, and software engineer –, AI skills significantly increase interview invitation probabilities by approximately 8 to 15 percentage points. AI skills also partially or fully offset disadvantages related to age and lower education, with effects strongest for office assistants, where formal AI certification plays an additional compensatory role. Effects are weaker for graphic designers, consistent with more skeptical recruiter attitudes toward AI in creative work. Finally, recruiters’ own background and AI usage significantly moderate these effects. Overall, the findings demonstrate that AI skills function as a powerful hiring signal and can mitigate traditional labour market disadvantages, with implications for workers’ skill acquisition strategies and firms’ recruitment practices." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026: Exploring Effective Uses of Generative AI in Education (2026)

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    (2026): OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026: Exploring Effective Uses of Generative AI in Education. (OECD digital education outlook 2026), Paris, 244 S. DOI:10.1787/062a7394-en

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    "Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping the educational landscape, beyond teaching and learning. Unlike earlier waves of education technology, much of GenAI is freely accessible and largely used beyond institutional control due to its intuitiveness and versatility. The OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026 analyses emerging research that suggests GenAI can support learning when guided by clear teaching principles. However, if designed or used without pedagogical guidance, outsourcing tasks to GenAI simply enhances performance with no real learning gains. The Outlook highlights the benefits of GenAI as a tutor, partner and assistant, and synthesises experts’ evidence and insights on the design criteria that make it work for education." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Artificial intelligence in work design: unlocking inclusion and overcoming barriers (2025)

    Adolph, Lars; Kirchhoff, Britta Marleen; Hamideh Kerdar, Sara;

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    Adolph, Lars, Britta Marleen Kirchhoff & Sara Hamideh Kerdar (2025): Artificial intelligence in work design: unlocking inclusion and overcoming barriers. In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, Jg. 79, H. 2, S. 197-205. DOI:10.1007/s41449-025-00467-4

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    "This article examines the protection goal of “exclusion prevention” and the design requirement of “design for inclusion and accessibility”, which are part of the initial considerations for a roadmap on artificial intelligence (AI) in occupational science research. The proposed roadmap systematically breaks down framework conditions, design requirements, instrumental goals and protection goals. The concept presented provides guidance for future research and can also serve as a basis for scientific policy advice. The in-depth examination of inclusion and AI takes place against the background that, on the one hand these aspects are underrepresented in occupational science research, and technological development can lead to a surge of change, particularly in the area of inclusive work design, on the other. Two expert workshops were held to answer the research question of what opportunities and risks AI technologies offer for the professional integration of people with disabilities, and what research and development needs to exist. The results show that some useful systems already exist, but that they can also have negative effects and that there is a need for further development. Practical relevance: The presented aspects of the roadmap on artificial intelligence (AI) from the perspective of occupational science research is relevant for both companies and policy actors who want to gain a systematic overview of AI in the world of work. A particular focus is on the issue of inclusive work design. In an expert workshop, it became clear that an optimistic view of the use of artificial intelligence for inclusive work design prevails both in companies or workshops employing people with disabilities and in the field of consulting. At the same time, however, development needs and potential risks were identified. The results provide an overview of the current potential uses of AI and are also of interest to companies that do not yet employ people with disabilities but are planning to do so." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Genius on Demand: The Value of Transformative Artificial Intelligence (2025)

    Agrawal, Ajay K.; Gans, Joshua S. ; Goldfarb, Avi ;

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    Agrawal, Ajay K., Joshua S. Gans & Avi Goldfarb (2025): Genius on Demand: The Value of Transformative Artificial Intelligence. (NBER working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research 34316), Cambridge, Mass, 20 S.

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    "This paper examines how the emergence of transformative AI systems providing ``genius on demand" would affect knowledge worker allocation and labour market outcomes. We develop a simple model distinguishing between routine knowledge workers, who can only apply existing knowledge with some uncertainty, and genius workers, who create new knowledge at a cost increasing with distance from a known point. When genius capacity is scarce, we find it should be allocated primarily to questions at domain boundaries rather than at midpoints between known answers. The introduction of AI geniuses fundamentally transforms this allocation. In the short run, human geniuses specialise in questions that are furthest from existing knowledge, where their comparative advantage over AI is greatest. In the long run, routine workers may be completely displaced if AI efficiency approaches human genius efficiency." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Artificial Intelligence in the European Labour Markets (2025)

    Alasalmi, Juho;

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    Alasalmi, Juho (2025): Artificial Intelligence in the European Labour Markets. (DIFIS-Impuls 2026,1), Duisburg ; Bremen, 4 S.

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    "This review surveys the emerging evidence regarding the effects of artificial intelligence technologies in the labour market and on labour market inequality through the lens of the theoretical framework of task-based production and the literature in the field of economics on technological change. The evidence analysed concerns the time period after the early 2010s, with an emphasis on the effects of generative AI after 2022. The focus is on research studying European labour markets. After outlining the context of routine- and skill-biased technological change and job polarisation, the existing evidence regarding AI adoption in production and its effects on productivity and employment is reviewed. The review concludes with a discussion on labour market policy that mediates the effects of AI on the distribution of productivity gains and the direction of technological change and a consideration of the effect of technological change on attitudes toward labour market policy and democracy itself." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Zentrale Befunde zu aktuellen Arbeitsmarktthemen 2025 (2025)

    Anger, Silke ; Wolter, Stefanie ; Lietzmann, Torsten ; Lehmer, Florian ; Jahn, Elke; Leber, Ute; Wolff, Joachim; Artmann, Elisabeth ; Wenzig, Claudia; Lang, Julia ; Wanger, Susanne ; Kuhn, Sarah; Vom Berge, Philipp ; Kubis, Alexander; Walwei, Ulrich ; Trenkle, Simon ; Braun, Wolfgang; Brücker, Herbert ; Stops, Michael ; Kosyakova, Yuliya ; Stepanok, Ignat ; Janssen, Simon; Roth, Duncan ; Janser, Markus ; Rauch, Angela ; Jahn, Elke J. ; Popp, Martin ; Hohmeyer, Katrin ; Müller, Dana ; Hohendanner, Christian ; Mense, Andreas ; Hiesinger, Karolin ; Zika, Gerd ; Heß, Pascal ; Weber, Enzo ; Hellwagner, Timon ; Bruckmeier, Kerstin ; Haas, Anette; Seibert, Holger; Gürtzgen, Nicole ; Ramos Lobato, Philipp; Gläser, Nina; Müller, Christoph ; Gherbaoui, Samia; Arntz, Melanie ; Gellermann, Jan; Stephan, Gesine ; Fitzenberger, Bernd ; Oberfichtner, Michael ; Dietz, Martin; Bächmann, Ann-Christin ; Dauth, Wolfgang ; Matthes, Britta ; Collischon, Matthias ; Reims, Nancy ; Christoph, Bernhard ;

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    Anger, Silke, Melanie Arntz, Elisabeth Artmann, Ann-Christin Bächmann, Wolfgang Braun, Kerstin Bruckmeier, Herbert Brücker, Bernhard Christoph, Matthias Collischon, Wolfgang Dauth, Martin Dietz, Bernd Fitzenberger, Jan Gellermann, Samia Gherbaoui, Nina Gläser, Nicole Gürtzgen, Anette Haas, Timon Hellwagner, Pascal Heß, Karolin Hiesinger, Christian Hohendanner, Katrin Hohmeyer, Elke J. Jahn, Markus Janser, Simon Janssen, Stefanie Wolter, Torsten Lietzmann, Florian Lehmer, Ute Leber, Joachim Wolff, Claudia Wenzig, Julia Lang, Susanne Wanger, Sarah Kuhn, Philipp Vom Berge, Alexander Kubis, Ulrich Walwei, Simon Trenkle, Michael Stops, Yuliya Kosyakova, Ignat Stepanok, Duncan Roth, Angela Rauch, Martin Popp, Dana Müller, Andreas Mense, Gerd Zika, Enzo Weber, Holger Seibert, Philipp Ramos Lobato, Christoph Müller, Gesine Stephan, Michael Oberfichtner, Britta Matthes & Nancy Reims (2025): Zentrale Befunde zu aktuellen Arbeitsmarktthemen 2025. Nürnberg, 21 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.GP.2505.1

    Abstract

    "Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz, Dekarbonisierung und demografischer Wandel werden den Arbeitsmarkt in den kommenden Jahren erheblich verändern. Gleichzeitig wird eine Deindustrialisierung Deutschlands befürchtet. Handlungsbedarf besteht beispielsweise bei der Sicherung des Arbeitskräftebedarfs – und damit verbunden bei den Themen Aus- und Weiterbildung –, bei der Reduzierung der Arbeitslosigkeit und insbesondere der Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit sowie bei der sozialen Absicherung von Solo-Selbständigen Zu all diesen und zahlreichen weiteren wichtigen Themen fasst die IAB-Broschüre „Zentrale Befunde zu aktuellen Arbeitsmarkt-Themen 2025“ die zentralen wissenschaftlichen Befunde kompakt zusammen. Sie bietet zudem Handlungsempfehlungen für die Arbeitsmarktpolitik, die aus den wissenschaftlichen Befunden abgeleitet wurden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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