https://aifaultline.com/authors/ao-li/New papers by Ao Li in the AI Fault Line guide, and news naming them. https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-17632-gjb2hhc4w3/https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-17632-gjb2hhc4w3/Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000A replication package for a study of AI adoption and within-firm pay gaps in Chinese listed firms from 2007 to 2023, measuring AI use from annual-report keywords and using national AI pilot zones in a difference-in-differences design. The paper's hypothesis is that AI narrows the gap between management and ordinary-employee pay by shifting labour demand toward high-skilled workers.