--- title: "THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF THE LABOR MARKET AND PRODUCTIVITY · AI Fault Line" url: https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-5281-zenodo-23192798/ description: "AI Fault Line is a neutral, evidence-cited field guide to why experts looking at the same developments disagree about AI's effect on productivity, jobs, inequality, regulation and the pace of change." --- [Research](https://aifaultline.com/research/) # THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF THE LABOR MARKET AND PRODUCTIVITY Malikov Elbek Abdurayim ugli, Worldly Knowledge Publishing Centre · Arabian journal of science. · 6 Oct 2026 [Read original source](http://www.arabianjournalofscience.com/index.php/index/article/view/1098) Open access Where this sits in the debate - [Will AI actually boost productivity and growth?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/) · its finding: it depends ([why studies differ](https://aifaultline.com/debate/productivity/#why)) - [Will AI destroy more jobs than it creates?](https://aifaultline.com/debate/jobs/) · its finding goes against the claim ([why studies differ](https://aifaultline.com/debate/jobs/#why)) Direction of the finding as read from the abstract by an AI model ([AI-written](https://aifaultline.com/about/)). ## Key takeaway [AI-written](https://aifaultline.com/about/) This article examines how AI and digital transformation affect growth in Uzbekistan through productivity and the labour market, using official statistics for 2023-2026. It argues AI acts through higher total factor productivity, task reallocation and new occupations, and notes that small businesses hold 74.9% of employment but only 52.2% of GDP. ## Abstract The article analyzes the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation on economic growth through the labor market and productivity channels. The study uses statistical-comparative, structural and logical analysis methods based on official and international statistical data for Uzbekistan for 2023–2026, the “Digital Uzbekistan – 2030” strategy and the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies until 2030, as well as foreign empirical literature. The results show that AI affects growth in three ways: by raising total factor productivity, by reallocating tasks, and by creating new occupations. At the same time, the share of small business in employment (74.9%) is markedly higher than its share in gross domestic product (52.2%), which means that relative labor productivity in this sector is about 70% of the average level. This shows that diffusing AI tools precisely to low-productivity sectors is a major opportunity and, at the same time, a skills challenge. The article concludes with proposals on retraining of personnel, adoption of digital technologies in small business, data infrastructure, and measurement of the effects of AI. ## About this publication **Academic journal.** Published in an academic journal — typically peer-reviewed before publication, though indexing alone doesn't guarantee review depth. Published 2026 (recently) Citations 0 (OpenAlex) 0 citations recorded by OpenAlex — too few 2026 papers in this collection for a fair comparison. [Chart: published 2026] ## More on this topic Related by theme, not necessarily by method or conclusion. - [The Effects of Generative AI on High Skilled Work: Evidence from Three Field Experiments with Software Developers](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-2139-ssrn-4945566/) SSRN · 2024 - [GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-48550-arxiv-2303-10130/) arXiv · 2023 - [Experimental evidence on the productivity effects of generative artificial intelligence](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-1126-science-adh2586/) Science · 2023 - [The simple macroeconomics of AI](https://aifaultline.com/research/p/doi-10-1093-epolic-eiae042/) Economic Policy · 2024 Overview assembled automatically from collected metadata. [How this site is built](https://aifaultline.com/about/).