NBER study: China's AI-exposed jobs fell across the board after ChatGPT launch
avicgoldfarb · x · 2026-09-26
Economist Avi Goldfarb cites Hanming Fang et al.'s NBER work comparing labor markets since 2022: since ChatGPT's launch, AI-exposed Chinese jobs declined across the board, while in the US experienced workers have done better. He also notes the openness-privacy tension: if they are opposites, open models face strategic challenges in adoption.
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