Stanford Digital Economy Lab

Bringing together the world's best minds, whether human or machine, to study how digital technologies can transform the economy @StanfordHAI
Director: @ErikBryn

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

A new revised version of "Canaries in the Coal Mine?" is now available from @erikbryn, @BharatKChandar, and @RuyuChen.

"No Widespread Displacement, but the AI Employment Gap for Young Workers Has Widened to 19%"

Read the authors' summary here: https://t.co/1ZiDXoWUbx

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

The AI Economic Indicators have received their October update! Check out new data shared on the Canaries Dashboard and Transformation Tracker.

https://t.co/Lfwxkb6zIw
https://t.co/b8wg1l3CRK

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

This Monday @CarinaLHong, CEO of @axiommathai, stops by the Lab for "AI That Can Prove It: From Mathematical Discovery to Verified Software."

Register for free on Zoom: https://t.co/IO1VsWn1ku

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

While automation dominates much of the AI conversation, what other research directions should we prioritize?

@random_walker and @_gabrielunger argue for a broader research agenda in "Steering AI Beyond Automation."

Read the essay here: https://t.co/ofoiKSXUfG

[Gregory Daco @GregDaco]

Kicking off Day 3 at #NABE2026 with @NelaRichardson discussing the shifting AI and talent paradigm focusing on how AI is shaping the demand for « tasks » — great collaboration between @ADP and @DigEconLab

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

This Monday’s seminar features @ProfNeilT‘s “Forecasting AI’s Impact on Human Expertise and the Future of Work.”

Visit here for registration and abstract: https://t.co/ri0ENNDCQo

In addition to the Zoom, members of the Stanford community are invited to attend in-person.

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

The DEL Seminar Series is back! Bright minds from around the world visit the Lab to discuss various subjects surrounding economics and technology, presented on Zoom for free.

This fall our guests include @RichardSocher, @CarinaLHong, and @danielrock.

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

The next panel for World Development Report 2026 begins at 11am PT! This all-day event looks at how AI offers developing economies a rare path to greater prosperity.

Watch the livestream for “How Will AI Impact Jobs and Productivity?” here: https://t.co/zRiNjdpDJK

[Bharat Chandar @BharatKChandar]

New paper with @BKleinTeeselink!

Measuring AI adoption and employment changes across 41 countries. This is some of the first evidence on global changes in labor markets from AI.

Paper and Substack explainer + lit review at bottom of 🧵

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

Explore these updated dashboards and more at https://t.co/cV5aKnzgsT

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

The Indicators have updated with new data on AI's impact on employment and the economy.

First, the Canaries dashboard saw that, after modest recovery in July, early career employment in the most exposed quintile continued to fall in August, down 1.4% month-over-month.

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

The Transformation Tracker sees ten-year real interest rates remaining elevated, and electricity generation returning to the "mild" evidence category after briefly reverting to neutral.

The tracker in aggregate still sees no strong indication of transformation.

[ADP Research @AdpResearch]

Employment for young workers in AI-exposed jobs slowed in August, marking 35 straight months of contraction, according to new data from @DigEconLab and ADP Research.
https://t.co/Qb4j6tB6ps #AI #labormarket

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

Can AI help us better understand the communities we serve?

@UNICEF, @WorldBank, and @Stanford's Andy Haupt & Prof. Robb Willer will explore whether AI-generated survey responses can help fill data gaps in policy work.

Sept. 17 at 8am PT

Register here: https://t.co/rx0cQeI7qf

[Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn]

AI is the most important technology of our era.

I’m delighted to see so many insightful contributions to this volume that grapple with the big economic questions raised by transformative AI.

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

Read Anna's essay, along with other unique perspectives on AI policymaking, at https://t.co/P4QycUB8ln

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

"It will be really important to have some foresight here."

@yelizarovanna (@windfalltrust)'s Digitalist Papers essay looks at how we share prosperity in society if work no longer sits at the center of people’s lives.

Anna discusses AI preparedness here: https://t.co/1k9XKWlnw6

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

Read the paper here: https://t.co/l2ioUH9BKK

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

How do we price consultant work in an AI era? Agents make work faster and more consistent, but there are costs that clients don���t see.

Pricing Consulting Services in the Age of Agentic AI: A Strategy Map for Executives (@erikbryn and @georgionomix) gives a practical framework.

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

Watch the full video on YouTube: https://t.co/ADmwdPay9W

[Stanford Digital Economy Lab @DigEconLab]

This July, we gathered economists and tech industry leaders to talk about what "success" means when it comes to transformative AI, and how we can guide policy to get us there.

@erikbryn, @alexolegimas, Fabien Curto Millet and @zhitzig here, with more in the full YT video