New paper finds AI exposure has no effect on youth summer unemployment; remote-work exposure does
robseamans · x · 2026-09-23
A new paper by Rob Fairlie and Lynn Wu finds youth summer unemployment in 2026 was no different from prior years. AI exposure showed no effect on youth unemployment, while remote-work exposure did — pushing back on the popular narrative that AI is displacing young workers' first jobs.
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