New paper: AI exposure has no effect on youth unemployment, remote work does
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-24
A new paper by Rob Fairlie and Jane Wu finds youth summer unemployment in 2026 was no different from prior years: AI exposure shows no effect on youth unemployment, but remote-work exposure does. Rob Seamans calls it an important addition to the AI & entry-level work debate.
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