https://aifaultline.com/authors/shasha-fang/New papers by Shasha Fang in the AI Fault Line guide, and news naming them. https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-16995-ilr-23835/https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-16995-ilr-23835/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000Using firm-level text mining to measure AI adoption among Chinese manufacturers, the authors find AI transformation significantly widens the wage gap between executives and ordinary employees. They attribute this to skill-biased productivity gains and to a falling employment share of low-skilled routine workers, with stronger effects in capital-intensive and more digitised firms.