TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hellsten, Mark
AU  - Khanna, Shantanu
AU  - Lodefalk, Magnus
AU  - Yakymovych, Yaroslav
        TI  - The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Evidence from an AI Subsidy Program
        PY  - 2025/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18267
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18267
        AB  - Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to reshape labor markets, yet causal evidence remains scarce. We exploit a novel Swedish subsidy program that encouraged small and mid-sized firms to adopt AI. Using a synthetic difference-in-differences design comparing awarded and non-awarded firms, we find that AI subsidies led to a sustained increase in job postings over five years, but with no statistically detectable change in employment. This pattern reflects hiring signals concentrated in AI occupations and white-collar roles. Our findings align with task-based models of automation, in which AI adoption reconfigures work and spurs demand for new skills, but hiring frictions and the need for complementary investments delay workforce expansion.
        KW  - hiring
KW  - labor markets
KW  - Artificial Intelligence
KW  - task content
KW  - technological change
        ER  -