Bharat Chandar
@econ_b
Research at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and Digital Economy Lab PhD in Economics from Stanford GSB Substack: https://bharatchandar.substack.com/
Is Gen AI leading to job loss? I analyzed US labor market data (CPS) from the post-ChatGPT era (Q4 2022 - Q1 2025) to see what's actually happening to employment in AI-exposed jobs. Spoiler: it's nuanced. 🧵
The Economist cover story this week is a great wonky overview of the debate over ‘will AI cause explosive growth’:
I had a lot of fun researching and writing this piece: what if AI made the world’s economic growth explode? The macroeconomics of an extraordinary thought experiment: economist.com/briefing/2025/…
In new work with @casey_mcquillan we find unemployment benefit receipt for low-income workers improves subsequent job quality without meaningfully delaying re-employment. Casey’s thread has more exciting results!
🚨🚨🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER: "The Benefits of UI for Marginally Attached Workers" with @BrendanDMoore ➡️ We find that UI minimally delays re-employment, but substantially improves labor market outcomes for low-income workers 🧵1/13
Interesting and well-researched article from @FinancialTimes discussing what's known so far on AI and entry level workers. Expect more studies soon using high quality data, including by our group at @DigEconLab. ft.com/content/99b6ac…
AI is changing the Internet Worldwide search traffic is down 15% over the past year! (from the Economist) Even as the web has expanded by 45% in the past two years Increasingly that content is read by bots instead of humans
