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More AI-Exposed Industries and States Are Benefiting, But Results Are Heterogenous

Christos Makridi and Andrew Johnston

In new research, Christos Makridis and Andrew Johnston find that industries exposed to generative AI are seeing an increase in production, employment, and wages. However, the majority of AI-driven revenue growth is channelled back to capital as profits, rather than to workers.

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