www.thejobapplicantperspective.com

Anonymous "Uber" in a world of hiring "taxis" that don't have to show up to get paid.

We don't match people. We sell trust.

#jobsearch #labormarkets #hiring #paradigmshift

I'm not a degrowth person.

But do we really NEED #AI?

Is it actually going to improve our well-being?

I am reading all the #AI in #science, #health, #labormarkets stuff.

I think we are taking a wrong turn. At least we aren't stopping to question what kind of turn we are taking.

to use AI, which artificially suppresses productivity per worker.

https://archive.md/CABjm

#gdp #LaborMarkets

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While there is some "boardroom disillusionment" with #AI …
Companies have seen "micro-efficiencies" (faster emails, quicker coding), but these haven't scaled to "macro-gains," and the Cost of Implementation (energy, licensing, and talent) is currently outstripping the Value of Output […]

Is AI Killing Jobs? Or Are We Letting the Wrong Story Take Over? On Monday, Education Innovation and Technology at the University of Houston hosted a one-day conference on the Future of Work with AI.

Is AI really killing jobs?

Unemployment risk for AI-exposed workers rose before ChatGPT — tracking 2022 rate hikes and post-COVID corrections.

Fundamentals still matter.

open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/...

#AI #HigherEd #LaborMarkets #EconTwitter #EdTech

disproportionately attract more educated and experienced workers

… stringent #RTO mandates may induce the most productive employees to leave firms that do not offer WFH."

#LaborMarkets

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The Work-from-home Wage Premium https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/wp2026-02.pdf
"… find that workers who work from home earn higher hourly wages than those who do not.
… premium is driven by selection on unobservable worker characteristics (which could include ability, negotiation skills […]

40% chance of vanishing. It is more likely to be reorganized.

… Technology automates, accelerates or reduces the cost of specific tasks within a job, allowing employees to spend more time on higher-value activities. As a result, output expands and #wages often rise."

#LaborMarkets

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initially optimistic and initially pessimistic job seekers find employment more quickly when holding more accurate beliefs."

#LaborMarkets #jobtech #wageTransparency

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/116013223716586827 4/4

Is AI Fueling a Quiet Global Productivity Revival? - Early economic data suggests artificial intelligence may be lifting productivity beyond the U.S., reshaping growth, jobs, and central bank...

Is AI Fueling a Quiet Global Productivity Revival?
wiobs.com/is-ai-fuelin...
#AI #Productivity #GlobalEconomy #Inflation #TechInvestment #LaborMarkets

Who Benefits from Remote Work?

This paper by Gupta et al. shows remote work boosts startup productivity and hiring, but challenges established firms. Supports remote work as a driver of entrepreneurship. spkl.io/63328AUNEC #RemoteWork #Startups #LaborMarkets

The Deportation Labor Shock - Econlib Mass deportation is often framed as a pro‑worker policy. Remove unauthorized immigrants, the argument goes, and native wages will rise as labor supply contracts. This logic is intuitive, politically p...

#ImmigrationEconomics #LaborMarkets #MassDeportation #ProWorkerPolicy #EconLib
www.econlib.org/econlog/the-...

The Deportation Labor Shock - Econlib Mass deportation is often framed as a pro‑worker policy. Remove unauthorized immigrants, the argument goes, and native wages will rise as labor supply contracts. This logic is intuitive, politically p...

#ImmigrationEconomics #LaborMarkets #MassDeportation #ProWorkerPolicy #EconLib
www.econlib.org/econlog/the-...

monthly series of HPW in conjunction with the ECI, to track wage pressures in real time"

#LaborMarkets #wages

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115907449216633958 4/4

cultivate #trust, performance, and, with it, an employer brand at scale. Every organization claims to put people first. The ones that succeed are those whose processes prove it."

#LaborMarkets #jobtech #hiring

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115907416030795646 3/3

You can’t deport your way to a trained roofer. And you can’t replace experience with rhetoric. Oklahoma’s construction model explains why.
👉 wclangdon.substack.com
#LaborMarkets #ConstructionIndustry #EconomicFacts #Oklahoma #NoEasyAnswers

suggesting that fully remote workers are at a disadvantage in terms of future promotion and salary increase prospects"

#LaborMarkets #wages

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115850440482486525 4/4

Conditional on skills, differences in match quality explain around 30 percent of the city-size wage gap."

#LaborMarkets #wages

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115850370271047787 2/2

🇺🇸 Labor data, GDP, housing, and major auctions set for Jan 8. 🏦 FOMC holds 8 meetings—rate cuts possible. 📈 Market focus: consumer, inflation, Fed policy.
#USEconomicEvents #LaborMarkets #FOMC #GDP #Inflation
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📊 the floated “$100,000 per visa” claim), and whether the debate broadens into moratorium/end proposals.

$SPY #Tech #LaborMarkets #PolicyRisk

#Tech #LaborMarkets #PolicyRisk

🔬 billable-hours models.

#AI #LaborMarkets #Productivity #Investing

#AI #LaborMarkets #Productivity #Investing (10/10)

Thanks to @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social (@gothenburg-econ.bsky.social) for today’s seminar on "Job Sorting and the Labor Market Effects of a Criminal Record". Fascinating evidence on how criminal records shape labour market outcomes! #Economics #LaborMarkets #EconSky #CriminalJustice

Beyond the Backlash: Charting a New Course for Women and Work schedule of events (link in reply)

IRL this week at the @cgdev.org annual Birdsall conference at a critical time. Women are LOSING ground in the economy and job markets despite being better equipped than ever to contribute to economies. How do we deal with the backlash? Join us and find out. #genderequality #labormarkets

Reputation Farming: A Structural Model of Freelancers' Bidding Strategy

"Reputation Farming" by Nan, Xu & Tan models freelancers’ bidding trade-offs, showing only 12% are forward-looking but tend to bid more aggressively. Platform policies like certification fees could boost revenue by 90%. spkl.io/63325Ab67x #LaborMarkets #PlatformEconomics

distribution."

#LaborMarkets

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115453457273681788 4/4

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Bargaining power and #wages: Collective wage agreements and union membership in Germany d.repec.org/n
"Even in an era of declining membership of #unions, their roles remain vital in addressing contemporary labor market inequalities.
… #bargainingPower […]

#mobility."

#wages #matching #LaborMarkets

orig https://fediscience.org/@davdittrich/115453369450031415 3/3

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There's Nothing in the Air https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22294
"the urban wage growth premium: substantially faster wage growth in larger cities
… part of this premium is driven by the firms that choose to sort themselves into bigger cities
… eliminating the job ladder mechanism, the urban wage […]

for workers’ own skills. Although only a minority of applications used the tool, the overall correlation between cover letter tailoring and callbacks fell by 51%, implying that cover letters became less informative signals of worker ability in the age of AI."

#LaborMarkets #jobtech

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although the importance of firm-worker sorting does not vary.

… individual-level differences are significantly more important in both higher-wage occupations and larger labor markets."

#LaborMarkets #wages #occupationalClassification #skills

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