Papers

A selected list of papers is provided below. They range from published articles to current work in progress.

Artificial Intelligence for Public Use, (2026). Digital Society, accepted, Lodefalk, M, Engberg, E, Lidskog, R and A Tang

[Coverage: Publikt, Dagens Industri Op-Ed (Swedish) | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

Artificial Intelligence, Tasks, Skills and Wages: Worker-Level Evidence from Germany, (2025). Research Policy, early online, Engberg, E, Koch, M, Lodefalk, M and S Schroeder

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

Artificial Intelligence, Hiring and Employment: Job Postings Evidence from Sweden, (2025). Applied Economics Letters, early online, Engberg, E, Hellsten, M, Jahved, F, Lodefalk, M, Sabolova, R, Schroeder, S and A Tang

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

Artificial Intelligence and Worker Stress: Evidence from Germany (2025). Digital Society, 4(5), Koch, M and M Lodefalk

[Coverage: Sveriges Radio (from 101:25), Realtid | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

Double Whammy? Trade and Automation in engineering services (2024). Review of International Economics, Kyvik-Nordås, H and F Klügl.

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

Modelling Agent Decision Making in Agent-Based Simulation - Analysis Using an Economic Technology Uptake Model (2023). Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, Kyvik-Nordås, H and F Klügl

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

Drivers of Automation and Consequences for Jobs in Engineering Services: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach (2021). Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8(637125), Kyvik-Nordås, H and F Klügl.

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix]

AI Unboxed and Jobs: A Novel Measure and Firm-Level Evidence from Three Countries, Engberg, E, Görg, H, Hellsten, M, Javed, F, Kyvik-Nordås, H, Lodefalk, M, Längkvist, M, Monteiro, N, Pulito, G, Schroeder, S and A Tang

[Coverage: Il Foglio, Die Zeit, Focus, DN, GP, SVT | Policy Brief: Kiel Institut | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO, IZA, CReAM | Data | Appendix] [Status: in review at Economic Journal]

Cross-Border Data Flows and AI-Technology Adoption: Agent-Based Model Simulations, Kyvik-Nordås, H and F Klügl

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO, SSRN | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: resubmitted, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics]

Automation and the Changing Composition of Skill Demand, Hellsten, M, Pulito, G and S Schroeder

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in review, Labour Economics]

The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs: Evidence from an AI Subsidy Program, Hellsten, M, Khanna, S, Lodefalk, M and Y Yakymovych

[Coverage: SR | LLM Podcast | WP: ORU, Ratio, IZA, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in review, Economic Journal]

Same Storm, Different Boats: Generative AI and the Age Gradient in Hiring, Lodefalk, M, Löthman, L, Koch, M and E Engberg

[Coverage: SR, SvD, DN, Arbetsvärlden | One-pager | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in review at journal]

Who Adopts AI? Evidence on Firms, Technologies and Workers, Pulito, G, Pytlikova, M, Schroeder, S and Lodefalk, M

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO, IZA, RF, CERGE-EI | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: WP]

How productivity differences drive trade and technology uptake, Kyvik-Nordås, H and F Klügl

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in progress]

Returns to AI Skills, Hellsten, M

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: tbc submission]

AI and Firm Productivity Dynamics, Ruth, M and M Lodefalk

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in progress]

The ChatGPT Shock, Labor Demand, and the Social Dimension(s) of Work, E Engberg

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in progress]

The First AI at My Firm: Worker Outcomes after Firm-Level AI Adoption, Hellsten, M, Lodefalk, M, Lechner, M, Löthman, L, Persson, A, and Y Yakymovych  

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: early in progress]

Skills and the Value of AI Jobs: Evidence from a Swedish Grant Program, Ruth, M and M Lodefalk

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: early in progress]

Artificial Intelligence, Trade and Services Jobs, Engberg, E, Kyvik-Nordås, H and A Tang

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, Adelaide | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: tbc submission]

New Work, Exiting Work and Artificial lntelligence, Engberg, E, Kyvik-Nordås, H, Lodefalk, M, Sabolova, R and A Tang

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in progress]

AI and Inequality, Granberg, M, Lodefalk, M and Y Yakymovych

[Coverage: | WP: ORU, Ratio, GLO | Data/Code | Appendix] [Status: in progress]