EPISODE EIGHT

Rapid advances in machine learning have spurred an intense debate about the labour market consequences of A.I. Online job adverts show that the demand for A.I. related skills has grown almost exponentially and concurrently in several countries around the world since 2015. Yet detailed empirical evidence on the extent of AI deployments and its distributional impacts remain scarce, particularly beyond a handful of advanced economies. For low and middle income countries, the use cases and impacts of AI would not be the same as for advanced economies. This project examines the demand for AI skills in India's service sector, using a new dataset of online job adverts from its largest jobs website.

Project location: India        Read the transcript      Published  31 August 2023