TPRI’s November 2024 newsletter features new research by Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, and James Bessen, an article by James Bessen, Felix Poege and Ronja Röttger plus TPRI’s December 2024 Works-in-Progress Seminar! mailchi.mp/30e6749dcf49/n…

In our December 2024 newsletter we are highlighting research from this past year by Sabrina Genz, Leo Sveikauskas, Filippo Mezzanotti, James Bessen, Anna Salomons, Jetson Leder-Luis, Cäcilia Lipowski, Jennifer Hunt, and upcoming 2025 seminars. mailchi.mp/6d422de61573/n…

🔍 AI, work, and society In the latest International Labour Organization & AI for Good webinar, James Bessen explored how #AI automates tasks—not jobs—and drives demand, employment, and new skills. 🎥 Watch the full webinar now: live.ilo.org/event/what-wil…

Fwiw, since folks are talking about AI and the Jevons Paradox this morning, I strongly recommend reading or at least skimming this James Bessen paper. nber.org/system/files/w…

ilo.org/resource/artic… How reskilling for AI could unlock new and better jobs

📣 La educación y recapacitación para la #InteligenciaArtificial #IA podría generar empleos nuevos y mejores. Pero ¿cómo? Este tema se abordó en el último seminario de la serie "AI for good", con la participación de James Bessen. Mirá la charla en 👇 live.ilo.org/event/james-be…

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I just wrote a piece on why I think the chatter about AI putting programmers out of work is wrong. Every time it gets easier to tell computers what we want them to do, it brings more people into the fold and unleashes a wave of creativity and creative destruction. That reads like

📩Call for papers for the research workshop that richard kneller and I are organizing on 𝗜𝗣 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲. Send us your papers to join us on June 26 at the University of Nottingham. Keynote: James Bessen Bessen!

TPRI’s March 2025 newsletter features new research from James Bessen and Felix Poege plus information about the June 2025 Global Standards Leadership Conference and upcoming TPRI’s Works-in-Progress Seminars! mailchi.mp/a9302df28338/n…

TPRI’s April newsletter features latest research from TPRI’s Fellow Po-Hsuan Hsu, articles quoting Rena Conti, information about the June 2025 Global Standards Leadership Conference and upcoming TPRI’s Works-in-Progress Seminars! mailchi.mp/e6923f8c8542/n…

More #AI geography work: #AI emp declines rapidly with distance from AI #innovation hotspots See new paper from Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, and James Bessen

Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

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I'll be giving a keynote in Seville in September (also Mercedes Delgado) be.linkedin.com/showcase/europ…

The Rising Returns to R&D: This paper uses micro-data from the US Census Bureau to explore the relationship between R&D & productivity in the #manufacturing sector from 1976 to 2018. Read: spkl.io/6010A1qgY Subscribe: spkl.io/6011A1qgl #EconTwitter

Sarah Eckhardt and I had a lot of fun writing this. Bottom line: no matter what measure of AI exposure we use, and no matter what labor market measure we look at, we don't see evidence of AI disrupting the labor market. We don't see much in unemployment rates.

Congratulations to #BULawProf James Bessen and co-authors Erich Denk and Chen Meng on receiving Ecineq's Atkinson Prize for their paper “Perpetuating wage inequality: evidence from salary history bans." Learn more ➡️ spr.ly/6016fQmpk