Artificial Intelligence and the Skill Premium
Working Paper 32430
DOI 10.3386/w32430
Issue Date May 2024
How will the emergence of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) affect the skill premium? To address this question, we propose a nested constant elasticity of substitution production function that distinguishes among three types of capital: traditional physical capital (machines, assembly lines), industrial robots, and AI. Following the literature, we assume that industrial robots predominantly substitute for low-skill ...
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