Jobs · September 19

Layoffs, hiring, wages, productivity, automation, job creation, and worker leverage.

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September 19 · Task clusters

Minneapolis Fed Freund–Mann: ~20,000 O*NET tasks organized into 38 clusters; “processing and analyzing records” most LLM-automatable.

GE model / magazine — not Boston Fed CPP 26-8; not a layoff print.

Minneapolis Fed
September 19 · Wage path inside the job

Full automation of the records task raises average wages in high-records occupations via remaining tasks; moderate exposure benefits on average, high exposure harms.

Within-occupation transformation — not Cleveland Fed WP 26-22; not Kansas City Fed contribution bulletin.

Freund & Mann WP
September 19 · Skills returns

Return to social skills rises; return to analytical skills falls; low-earners gain more than high-earners; large dispersion within occupations.

Abstract claims — not St. Louis Fed RPS; not Dallas Fed Lightcast.

Freund & Mann WP