Artificial Intelligence and the Demand for Hours Worked

Name: Artificial Intelligence and the Demand for Hours Worked
Start: 2026-10-09T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-10-09T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 6708 Pine St room 117

Schedule

Fri Oct 09 2026 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

6708 Pine St room 117 | Omaha, NE

Part of the UNO Economics Seminar Series. This research seminar runs from 3PM-4PM. Appetizers at Inner Rail afterwards.
About this Event

Abstract:

This paper develops a theoretical model of how artificial intelligence (AI) affects the firm's labor demand decision on the intensive margin---specifically, the choice of hours worked per employee. We model AI as a new input that enters both the production function and the effective-hours technology. We find that worker hours increase with AI exposure if and only if the elasticity of AI's indirect impact on effective hours is greater than the elasticity of its direct impact. These theoretical results are tested with firm and household data from China.

Agenda

🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Seminar
Host: Zijun Luo
🕑: 04:30 PM
Appetizers and discussion at Inner Rail
Host: Economics Department

Info: To further the goal of having a social discussion, the Department will buy the first round of appetizers at Inner Rail at 4:30PM