Artificial intelligence and the skill premium

David E. Bloom, Klaus Prettner, Jamel Saadaoui and Mario Veruete

Working Papers of BETA from Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg

Abstract: What will likely be the effect of the emergence of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) on the skill premium? To address this question, we develop a nested constant elasticity of substitution production function that distinguishes between industrial robots and AI. Industrial robots predominantly substitute for low-skill workers, whereas AI mainly helps to perform the tasks of high-skill workers. We show that AI reduces the skill premium as long as it is more substitutable for high-skill workers than low-skill workers are for high-skill workers.

Keywords: Automation; Artificial Intelligence; ChatGPT; Skill Premium; Wages; Productivity. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 O14 O15 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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