Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence

This research analyzes how technological change shapes individuals’ career decisions, perceptions of automation risks, job search behavior, and firms’ training responses in an evolving world of work.

Automation in the Wake of GenAI: Implications for Firm Training. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 252, 2026. By Christian Gschwendt and Claudio Schilter.

Generative AI and Career Choices. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 251, 2026. By Christian Gschwendt, Martina Viarengo and Thea S. Zoellner.

Generative AI and Task Recomposition in Entry-Level IT Work: A Worker-Side Task-Level Measure. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 258, 2026. By Chiara Zisler and Uschi Backes-Gellner.

The role of AI use and AI training in school-to-work transitions. Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 256, 2026. By Roman Theiler, Patricia Palffy and Uschi Backes-Gellner.

How scary is the risk of automation? evidence from a large-scale survey experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 235(2025). By Maria A. Cattaneo, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan C. Wolter.Working Paper version

This time it's different - Generative Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Choice.Labour Economics, 95(2025). By Daniel Goller, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version

Virtual vs. In-Person Career Fairs: The Impact on Search Activity and Diversity. Applied Economic Letters, (2025). By Daniel Goller, Chiara Graf and Stefan C. Wolter. Working Paper version

Curriculum updates in vocational education and changes in graduates’ skills and wages. Journal of Education and Work, 37(2024)5-6: 458-482 (first published online 29.01.2025). By Andreas F. Bühler, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version

The Role of Occupational Skill Sets in the Digital Transformation: How IT Progress Shapes Returns to Specialization and Social Skills.Journal of Business Economics, 94(2023): 75-111. By Fabienne Kiener, Christian Eggenberger and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version

Ereilt uns das Schicksal des Arbeitspferdes? Die Digitalisierung und ihre Folgen für die Beschäftigung in der Schweiz. Lohnbuch Schweiz 2018, (2018). Zürich: Orell Füssli. By Uschi Backes-Gellner and Tobias Schlegel.

Modernization of Vocational Training Curricula and Technology Adoption in Firms: A Descriptive Analysis with German Data.Swiss Leading House "Economics of Education" Working Paper No. 150, 2018. By Christian Eggenberger, Simon Janssen and Uschi Backes-Gellner.