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AI not having major impact on US graduate jobs – study

NBER researchers say changes in employment market are not statistically significant

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence has yet to result in any statistically significant increase in unemployment among recent graduates in the US, a new paper argues.

The study, published this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, compares graduate unemployment figures over the last four years in June, July and August – the three summer months in which graduates are most likely to enter the jobs market.

The authors – Robert Fairlie and Jane Wu – say 2026 may be the first year in which AI is used

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