Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282765 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16638
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we show the causal influence of the launch of generative AI in the form of ChatGPT on the search behavior of young people for apprenticeship vacancies. There is a strong and long-lasting decline in the intensity of searches for vacancies, which suggests great uncertainty among the affected cohort. Analyses based on the classification of occupations according to tasks, type of cognitive requirements, and the expected risk of automation to date show significant differences in the extent to which specific occupations are affected. Occupations with a high proportion of cognitive tasks, with high demands on language skills, and those whose automation risk had previously been assessed by experts as lower are significantly more affected by the decline. However, no differences can be found with regard to the proportion of routine vs. non-routine tasks.
Subjects: 
artificial intelligence
occupational choice
labor supply
technological change
JEL: 
J24
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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