The Early Impacts of AI on Employment among Recent College Graduates
Robert W. Fairlie, Jane Wu · NBER Working Papers · September 2026
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The impact of AI on the employment prospects of recent college graduates is hotly debated with no consensus on the magnitude of impacts nor even the timing of those potential impacts. Using CPS microdata, we provide the first estimates of the effects of AI on the unemployment of recent college
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