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Frank Neffke

Economic geographer, Complexity Science Hub, Vienna
Signed the letter · Academia · Austria

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Leads the Science of Cities / Transforming Economies research program at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, a role held since 2021. Previously research director of the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School (2017-2021), where he led the scientific development of Metroverse, the lab's urban-economy navigator, and before that assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam. PhD in economic geography from Utrecht University. Author of work on labor markets and technology diffusion, including 'The value of complementary co-workers' and 'Who is using AI to code? Global diffusion and impact of generative AI'. Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter.

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15 works in the co-authorship map · 1,697 citations across them

Sources

  1. Frank Neffke — Bio
  2. Frank Neffke — Complexity Science Hub
  3. Frank Neffke — Harvard Growth Lab
  4. The value of complementary co-workers
  5. “Signed the wemustactnow.ai open letter” — source

In the network

8 co-authors on the map · PageRank #28 of 400 · bridge #85 of 400 · 3 steps from Erik Brynjolfsson · cluster: Computational social science.

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Documented positions

Will AI actually boost productivity and growth? leans agree

Documents rapid global diffusion of generative AI in software work with measurable impact.

Evidence

  1. Who is using AI to code? Global diffusion and impact of generative AI

Why researchers disagree on this · Who else says what

Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Will AI widen inequality? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Should governments act on AI now? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

How fast will the impact arrive? unknown

No documented evidence reviewed yet.

Selected work

Writes with

Ron Boschma (4), Simone Daniotti (4), Johannes Wachs (3), Martin Henning (3), César A. Hidalgo (2), Edward L. Glaeser (1), Mercedes Delgado (1), Scott Stern (1)

Co-authors on the map, by papers written together (8 of 8 shown).

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