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Aug 28 2026

NBER survey of ~6,000 executives finds nine in ten report no AI effect on employment or productivity over three years

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'Firm Data on AI' (NBER WP 34836): 90%+ report no employment effect and 89% no productivity effect in the past three years, while the same executives forecast a 1.4% productivity gain and 0.7% employment cut over the next three.

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