ssrn-5425555
2025
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1) This paper examines how generative AI adoption functions as a seniority-biased technological change, demonstrating that firms hiring AI integrators experience significant declines in junior employment primarily driven by reduced hiring rather than layoffs.
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- Analyzes matched employer-employee data covering 62 million workers across 285,000 U.S. firms from 2015 to 2025 to track employment dynamics by seniority.
- Identifies firm-level AI adoption using an LLM-based classifier on job postings to detect roles dedicated to integrating AI technologies.
- Documents a U-shaped heterogeneity pattern across educational tiers, showing mid-tier college graduates experience the sharpest employment declines compared to elite and lower-tier peers.
3) Tags: Generative AI, Labor Market, Seniority-Biased Technological Change, Employment Dynamics, Skill-Biased Technological Change
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