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Is AI Killing Jobs for College Grads? Not Yet, New Study Says

While more companies are adopting AI, young grads did not see higher summer unemployment rates, according to a working paper co-authored by UCLA Luskin’s Robert Fairlie.
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I am a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at UCLA, and a member of the National Bureau of Economic...

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