@robotcurrent.bsky.socialNew arXiv work argues automation exposure should be scored per country rather than fixed to occupations, using an LLM to classify ~18,800 tasks across 124 economies and showing country-conditioned scores better predict…
#Robotics #Automation #AI #LaborEconomics
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17086
@ssrn.bsky.socialThis paper finds that pay transparency laws significantly reduced the gender wage gap among job changers, shrinking it from 17.5% to 3.5%. The improvement was driven primarily by higher wages for women. spkl.io/633287n4Qy
@ssrn.bsky.socialThis paper review highlights the growing role of employees in the corporate information environment. Workers not only produce information that affects reporting quality but also use disclosures when making employment and career decisions. spkl.io/633277Vazl
#Accounting #LaborEconomics
@ssrn.bsky.socialThis paper argues that uninsurable tail risk in workers' earnings can help explain higher risk premia and return volatility in financial markets. Links labor-market risk sharing directly to asset pricing outcomes. spkl.io/633247VXbn
@robertcfried.bsky.social
@ihea.bsky.social📢 Upcoming Webinar: GLP-1–Induced Weight Loss and the Female Obesity Penalty
📅 October 5, 2026
🕖 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM UTC + 0
🔗 Register for the webinar: www.healtheconomics.org/event/glp-1-...
#GLP1 #Obesity #WeightLoss #WomenInEconomics #HealthEconomics #LaborEconomics #Economics #Research
@panteliskazakis.bsky.social#EconSky New paper: Firms with greater AI focus show more efficient hiring even though AI focus isn't linked to gains in contemporaneous productivity. AI's value may show up in decision quality, not just output.
@dogman868.bsky.socialSweden’s minimum wage: How Sweden operates without a national minimum wage
…Read More » sweettntmagazine.com/swedens-mini...
#Sweden #LaborRights #MinimumWage #CollectiveBargaining #WorkInSweden #NordicModel #LaborEconomics #EmploymentLaw #TradeUnions #WorkerProtection #SweetTNTMagazine
@ilrreview.bsky.socialWhat happens to firms’ hiring when workers become harder to find? Mario Bossler & Martin Popp examine how tight labor markets, recruitment costs, and worker reallocation shape firms’ labor demand in Germany.
📖 Labor Demand on a Tight Leash:
lnkd.in/giZQtrGz
#ILRReview #LaborEconomics #LaborMarkets
@ssrn.bsky.socialNew research finds that firms with greater dependence on nature tend to exhibit lower labor-investment efficiency, driven mainly by underhiring and linked to operational and financial frictions. spkl.io/633237RK0c
