arXiv AI
Jul 22
Global Automation Atlas
arXiv:2605. 17086v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Automation can displace or complement labour, but this need not be constant across economies.
The Jagged Global Economy: Frontier AI Unevenly Exposes National Economies
arXiv:2607. 05404v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Frontier AI's labor-market effects matter to workers, firms, and policymakers, but current evidence generally comes from a handful of high-income economies.
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arXiv AI
Jun 10
GAGI: A Gini-Adjusted GDP-per-Capita Index for Distribution-Aware Macroeconomic Welfare Monitoring
arXiv:2606. 09944v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: GDP per capita is the default lens through which governibng bodies track the economic prosperity and consequences of economic events , yet it is blind to two first-order determinants of lived prosperity: income/wealth distribution and inflation impact.
arXiv AI
Jun 9
Complement or substitute? How AI increases the demand for human skills
arXiv:2412. 19754v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the nature of work, yet there is limited empirical evidence on how it affects demand for human skills.
OpenAI Blog
Jan 21
How countries can end the capability overhang
Our latest report reveals stark differences in advanced AI adoption across countries and outlines new initiatives to help nations capture productivity gains from AI.
arXiv AI
Jun 26
The Open Source Economic Index of AI Adoption and Capability
arXiv:2606. 26118v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We work towards measuring both AI adoption and the capability of AI to perform discrete labor tasks across various occupations.
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8
The discovery of the effects of women employment participation on the fertility of developing countries: A panel data approach
arXiv:2606. 07093v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The fertility trend in developing countries has experienced a significant decline in the last few decades; at the same time, the role of women in the workplace has improved.
arXiv AI
Jun 16
Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2026
arXiv:2606. 15708v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Welcome to the ninth edition of the AI Index report.
arXiv AI
Aug 7
Estimating time spent on work tasks
arXiv:2608. 05172v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The task-based framework in economics models occupations as bundles of tasks.
arXiv AI
Jul 17
Global Index on Responsible AI: 2026 Report
arXiv:2607. 14782v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Grounded in human rights-based frameworks such as the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, the Global Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI) examines how countries translate responsible AI commitments into enforceable protections, institutional capacity, and redress mechanisms.
arXiv AI
Jul 1
Mapping the Artificial Intelligence Divide in Africa: Infrastructure, Accessibility and Capacity
arXiv:2606. 30656v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be transformative for development, but Africa is currently facing a fragmented and challenging "AI divide".
arXiv AI
Jun 9
How Hyper-Datafication Impacts the Sustainability Costs in Frontier AI
arXiv:2602. 00056v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large-scale data has fuelled the success of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models over the past decade.
arXiv AI
Jul 31
The Human Utility Factor: A Computable Welfare Metric That Reframes AI Governance as a Constrained Optimisation Problem
arXiv:2607. 26068v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Existing AI governance frameworks, including the EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF, address safety, transparency, and accountability but do not operationalize quantitative constraints on macro-socioeconomic stability.