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substantially revised version published as 'Artifical intelligence adoption and workplace training' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 238, 107206.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17325

Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence?

Jennifer Hunt, Iain Cockburn, James Bessen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17306

What They Don't Teach You about Artificial Intelligence at Business School: Stagnation, Oil, and War

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17302

Creative and Strategic Capabilities of Generative AI: Evidence from Large-Scale Experiments

Noah Bohren, Rustamdjan Hakimov, Rafael Lalive

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17206

The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (KSTE+I) Approach and the Advent of AI Technologies: Evidence from the European Regions

Francesco D’Alessandro, Enrico Santarelli, Marco Vivarelli

published online as 'The KSTE+I approach and the advent of AI technologies: evidence from the European regions' in: Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI version: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-025-10225-7

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17183

Is Artificial Intelligence Generating a New Paradigm? Evidence from the Emerging Phase

Giacomo Damioli, Vincent Van Roy, Daniel Vertesy, Marco Vivarelli

published as 'Is artificial intelligence leading to a new technological paradigm?', in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2025,72, 347-359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17097

How Scary Is the Risk of Automation? Evidence from a Large Scale Survey Experiment

Maria Alejandra Cattaneo, Christian Gschwendt, Stefan C. Wolter

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 235, 107034

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17055

Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship

Frank M. Fossen, Trevor McLemore, Alina Sorgner

published in: Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 2024, 20 (8), 781-904

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16972

Artificial Intelligence and the Skill Premium

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

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16866

Artificial Intelligence Capital and Employment Prospects

Nick Drydakis

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76 (4), 901–919,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16766

Artificial Intelligence and the Discovery of New Ideas: Is an Economic Growth Explosion Imminent?

Derick Almeida, Wim Naudé, Tiago Neves Sequeira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16717

AI Unboxed and Jobs: A Novel Measure and Firm-Level Evidence from Three Countries

Erik Engberg, Holger Görg, Magnus Lodefalk, Farrukh Javed, Martin Längkvist, Natália Pimenta Monteiro, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Giuseppe Pulito, Sarah Schroeder, Aili Tang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16703

The Behavioral, Economic, and Political Impact of the Internet and Social Media: Empirical Challenges and Approaches

Fabio Sabatini

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 2025, 39 (3), 1000-1036

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16638

'This Time It's Different' - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Choice

Daniel Goller, Christian Gschwendt, Stefan C. Wolter

published online in: Labour Economics, 8 June 2025, 102746

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16485

Artificial Intelligence and Workers' Well-Being

Osea Giuntella, Johannes König, Luca Stella

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16293

Corrupted by Algorithms? How AI-Generated and Human-Written Advice Shape (Dis)Honesty

Margarita Leib, Nils Köbis, Rainer Michael Rilke, Marloes Hagens, Bernd Irlenbusch

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (658), 766 - 784

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16227

New Technologies and Jobs in Europe

Stefania Albanesi, António Dias da Silva, Juan F. Jimeno, Ana Lamo, Alena Wabitsch

published in: Economic Policy, 2025, 40 (121), 71–139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16000

Artificial Intelligence and the Economics of Decision-Making

Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15924

Extraterrestrial Artificial Intelligence: The Final Existential Risk?

Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15713

The Future Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Mythical Agents, a Singleton and the Dark Forest

Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15677

AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers

Kyogo Kanazawa, Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Shigeoka, Yasutora Watanabe

Published in: Management Science, 2026, 72(2), 1376-1388.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15204

Improving Entrepreneurs' Digital Skills and Firms' Digital Competencies through Business Apps Training: A Study of Small Firms

Nick Drydakis

published in: Sustainability, 2022, 14 (8), 4417.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15077

Breakthroughs, Backlashes and Artificial General Intelligence: An Extended Real Options Approach

Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15065

Artificial Intelligence and Reduced SMEs' Business Risks. A Dynamic Capabilities Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nick Drydakis

published in: Information Systems Frontiers, 2022, 24, 1223 - 1247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15015

Automation and Related Technologies: A Mapping of the New Knowledge Base

Enrico Santarelli, Jacopo Staccioli, Marco Vivarelli

published in: Journal of Technology Transfer, 2023, 48, 779-813

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14944

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Labor Markets in Developing Countries: A New Method with an Illustration for Lao PDR and Viet Nam

Francesco Carbonero, Jeremy Davies, Ekkehard Ernst, Frank M. Fossen, Daniel Samaan, Alina Sorgner

revised version published in: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2023, 33, 707-736

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14626

How Do Workers Adjust When Firms Adopt New Technologies?

Sabrina Genz, Terry Gregory, Markus Janser, Florian Lehmer, Britta Matthes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14545

Crowdsourcing Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Findings from a Machine Learning Contest

Wim Naudé, Amy Bray, Celina Lee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14341

The Race of Man and Machine: Implications of Technology When Abilities and Demand Constraints Matter

Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14171

Modelling Artificial Intelligence in Economics

Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé

published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2022, 56, 12 (2022)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14021

Public Procurement and Innovation for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Wim Naudé, Nicola Dimitri

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13933

Mobile Applications Aiming to Facilitate Immigrants' Societal Integration and Overall Level of Integration, Health and Mental Health: Does Artificial Intelligence Enhance Outcomes?

Nick Drydakis

published in: Computers in Human Behavior, 2021, 117, 106661

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13799

Robots and Worker Voice: An Empirical Exploration

Filippo Belloc, Gabriel Burdin, Fabio Landini

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13606

Artificial Intelligence, Income Distribution and Economic Growth

Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé

published in: W. Naudé and T. Gries and N. Dimitri (eds.), Artificial Intelligence: Economic Perspectives and Models, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13110

Artificial Intelligence against COVID-19: An Early Review

Wim Naudé

published in: AI & Society, 2020, 35 (3), 761-765

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12292

The Wrong Kind of AI? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Demand

Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo

published in: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2020, 13 (1), 25 - 35

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12242

New Digital Technologies and Heterogeneous Employment and Wage Dynamics in the United States: Evidence from Individual-Level Data

Frank M. Fossen, Alina Sorgner

revised version published in: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022, 175, 121381

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12218

The Race against the Robots and the Fallacy of the Giant Cheesecake: Immediate and Imagined Impacts of Artificial Intelligence

Wim Naudé

published as 'Artificial intelligence: neither Utopian nor apocalyptic impacts soon' in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2021, 30 (1), 1-23.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12005

Artificial Intelligence, Jobs, Inequality and Productivity: Does Aggregate Demand Matter?

Thomas Gries, Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11737

The Race for an Artificial General Intelligence: Implications for Public Policy

Wim Naudé, Nicola Dimitri

published in: AI & Society, 2020, 35, 367–379

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