How technology reshapes
labor and the economy
We study how artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming work — measuring their impact, understanding human–AI interaction, studying people's beliefs and policy preferences, and developing the policy frameworks to navigate what comes next.
Measuring and understanding how AI and robotics reshape employment, wages, and the structure of work — from occupational exposure scores and CPS analysis to facility-level studies of robot adoption.
The Future of Labor Lab investigates how artificial intelligence and robotics are reshaping work, labor markets, and the broader economy — and how beliefs about these technological shifts influence people's behaviors and policy preferences.
Latest work
Advancing AI Capabilities and Evolving Labor Outcomes
Using the CPS and occupational AI exposure scores from GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, we find emerging evidence that increased AI exposure is associate…
Do Multimodal Large Language Models Understand Welding?
Testing the practical capabilities of multimodal large language models in skilled trades, using welding quality assessment as a benchmark for AI under…
Racial Disparities in Police-Algorithm Interactions: Evidence from Rearrest Predictions
Examining how the deployment of algorithmic rearrest prediction tools in policing interacts with existing racial disparities, with implications for fa…
Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes
How do employment, tasks, and productivity change with robot adoption? We study Japanese nursing homes using original facility-level panel data on rob…
Near to Mid-term Risks and Opportunities of Open-Source Generative AI
Arguing for the responsible open sourcing of generative AI models, pushing back against calls for restrictive regulation that may stifle innovation an…