Preliminary data from a longitudinal AI impact study(newsletter.getdx.com)

42 points by donutshop 7 months ago | 33 comments

Fewer H-1B Visas Did Not Mean More Employment for Natives (2017)(nber.org)

20 points by tuan 1 year ago | 21 comments

The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state(nber.org)

419 points by imakwana 1 year ago | 413 comments

NBER working paper by Allcott, Gentzkow and others studying how deactivating Facebook and Instagram affects users' emotional state.

Comparing the Climate and Productivity Impacts of a Shrinking Population(nber.org)

14 points by alphabetatango 1 year ago | 11 comments

Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity(metr.org)

638 points by dheerajvs 1 year ago | 421 comments

METR research post on a randomized controlled trial finding that early-2025 AI tools made experienced open-source developers 19% slower on their own repositories.

Urban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services(nber.org)

41 points by ceejayoz 1 month ago | 50 comments