@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16972, author={Bloom, David E. and Prettner, Klaus and Saadaoui, Jamel and Veruete, Mario}, title={Artificial Intelligence and the Skill Premium}, year={2024}, month={May}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={16972}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16972}, abstract={How will the emergence of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) affect the skill premium? To address this question, we propose a nested constant elasticity of substitution production function that distinguishes among three types of capital: traditional physical capital (machines, assembly lines), industrial robots, and AI. Following the literature, we assume that 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}, }