Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307422 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 10/2024
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on hiring and employment, using the universe of job postings published by the Swedish Public Employment Service from 2014-2022 and universal register data for Sweden. We construct a detailed measure of AI exposure according to occupational content and find that establishments exposed to AI are more likely to hire AI workers. Survey data further indicate that AI exposure aligns with greater use of AI services. Importantly, rather than displacing non-AI workers, AI exposure is positively associated with increased hiring for both AI and non-AI roles. In the absence of substantial productivity gains that might account for this increase, we interpret the positive link between AI exposure and non-AI hiring as evidence that establishments are using AI to augment existing roles and expand task capabilities, rather than to replace non-AI workers.
Subjects: 
Artificial Intelligence
Technological Change
Automation
Labour Demand
JEL: 
D22
J23
J24
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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