Academic Research
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Researchers frequently analyze Lightcast data to inform their own insights across a wide range of disciplines.
This comprehensive list includes reports authored by Lightcast (entirely or in part) as well as other releases where Lightcast data was employed from 2021-Present. Interested in securing our data for your research? Contact us.
Academic Research
The Geography of AI Demand in the Southeast: Patterns of Growth and Labor Market Structure
Sergio Galeano
August 2026. Community and Economic Development Workforce Currents No. 04-2026. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Beyond the Firewall: The Rise of the Cybersecurity Project Manager
Mahesh Boodraj, Jared Fairbanks, Chance Davies, Onur Akcakaya
August 2026. AMCIS 2026 Proceedings. Emergent Research Forum (ERF) Paper. Paper Number: 1190.
From ”blue” and ”red” to ”purple”: skill composition and dynamics in AI jobs in Australia and New Zealand
Alexandra Bratanova, David Evans, Claire Mason, Sarah Hartman, Haohui Chen, Hien Pham, Einat Grimberg, Stefan Hajkowicz
14 Jul 2026. Preprint avaliable at SSRN.
The Role of College Education in the Rise of "New Work": Measurement and Evidence
Gueyon Kim Cassandra Merritt Giovanni Peri
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 21744. CEPR Press, Paris & London. Published: 13 Jul 2026.
The Speed of AI in Italy: Measuring the Pace of AI Penetration Across Occupations in Italy 2019-2025
Emilio Colombo, Fabio Mercorio, Mario Mezzanzanica, Andrea Seveso
Labour & Law Issues, 12(1), 1–19. Published: 2026-07-06.
Local Labor Market Tightness and Job Quality: Evidence from Job Changers
Brad Hershbein, Katherine Lim, Douglas Webber, Michael A. Zabek
FEDS Working Paper No. 2026-43. June, 2026.
Hiring Under Separation Risk: Unemployment Insurance Taxes and the Geography of Job Postings
Tuck Siong Chung, Hyemin Kim, Angie Low, Lilian Ng
European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 1144/2026, (June 26, 2026)
National Science Foundation interdisciplinary graduate training awards from 1996 to 2026
Monica Marion & Staša Milojević
Sci Data (2026)
Generative AI and the Redefinition of Entry-Level Software Work
Samuel Westby, Alicia Modestino, Peiran Cheng
June 2026. IZA DP No. 18723.
Who Takes the Hit? The Uneven Impacts of Generative AI on Labor Demand across Countries
Jingyun Huang, Yan Liu, He Wang, Shu Yu
June 01, 2026. Available at SSRN.
Mandated Pay Transparency and Workforce Restructuring
Geunyong Park
NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. May 10, 2026. Available at SSRN.
Generative AI and Posted Labor Demand: Volume, Seniority and Timing
Fabio Cerina, Simone Nobili, Marco Rosso
Working Paper, ISBN Number: 978 88 6851 699 4, 2026, CRENoS
New fields for apprenticeship: insights for successful expansion of apprenticeships to new sectors and occupations.
Cedefop, & OECD
Publications Office of the European Union. Cedefop reference series, 130. DOI: 10.2801/2636477, TI-01-26-018-EN-N, ISBN: 978-92-896-3968-2, 02/06/2026
AI's Job Shakeup: Analyzing the Uneven Impact of AI Adoption on Labor Demand
Bin Gu, Mohammad Soltaniehha, Xiupeng Wang
April 15, 2026. Available at SSRN.
Skills, Organisations and Worker Engagement: Summary of People Research Programme
Damian Grimshaw, Mary O’Mahony, and Anthony Rafferty
The Productivity Institute Productivity Insights Paper No. 083, April 2026
Labor Market Concentration, Minimum Wages, and Local Property Crime Rates
Stephen Tino
Toronto Metropolitan University. March 17, 2026. Available at SSRN.
New Skills, Higher Pay? Evidence from Job Postings
David Koll, Elmer Z. Li, Marina M. Tavares
February 2026.
Measuring US workers’ capacity to adapt to AI-driven job displacement
Sam Manning, Tomás Aguirre, Mark Muro, Shriya Methkupally
The Brookings Institution, January 21, 2026
The Skills Mismatch Economy: Insights from the Wharton-Accenture Skills Index
Eric Bradlow, James Crowley, Ken Munie, Selen Karaca-Griffin
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania AI & Analytics & Accenture, published in Knowledge at Wharton, January 9, 2026,
The rise of AI pricing: Trends, driving forces, and implications for firm performance
Jonathan J. Adams, Min Fang, Zheng Liu, Yajie Wang
Journal of Monetary Economics, Volume 157, 2026, 103875, ISSN 0304-3932
Lower-skilled occupations face greater upskilling pressure in U.S. job ads
Di Tong, Lingfei Wu & James A. Evans
Nature Communications, Article in Press, Published: 31 December 2025
Stellar Skills: Superstar Firms and the Specialization of Human Capital
Eugenia Menaguale
December 23, 2025; Princeton University, Department of Economics
Unwilling to Reskill? Experimental Evidence from Real-World Jobseekers
Alexia Delfino, Andrea Garnero, Sergio Inferrera, Marco Leonardi, Raffaella Sadun
Harvard Business School, Working Paper 26-041, December 22, 2025
Aquaculture as a Resilient Economic Development Strategy: Explorations in Coastal North Carolina Counties in the Context of Tourism
William Ferris and Sarthak Mehrotra
Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy 55 (4): 27–40. November 09, 2025
Labor Demand in the Age of Generative AI: Early Evidence from the U.S. Job Posting Data
Liu, Yan and Liu, Yan and Wang, He and Yu, Shu
September 19, 2025. Available at SSRN.
Mapping ICT skills demand: a latent transition analysis of online job advertisements in Italy
Francesca Giambona & Adham Kahlawi
Qual Quant 59 (Suppl 2), 879–89908, Published January 2025, Issue Date April 2025
The digital skill premium: Evidence from job vacancy data
Aida Garcia-Lazaro, Jorge Mendez-Astudillo, Susan Lattanzio, Charles Larkin, Linda Newnes
Economics Letters, Volume 250, 2025, 112294, ISSN 0165-1765
Our Gen AI Transition - Implications for Work and Skills
Ishita Acharyya and Hudan Nuch
Jobs and Skills Australia, Final Overarching Report, 14 August 2025
Mapping the AI economy: Which regions are ready for the next technology leap
Mark Muro and Shriya Methkupally
The Brookings Institution, July 16, 2025
Skill or Degree? The rise of skill-based hiring for AI and green jobs.
Matthew Bone, Eugenia Gonzalez Ehlinger, Fabian Stephany
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 214, 124042, July 2025
Skill-biased remote work and incentives
Cerina, F, Deidda, LG, Nobili, S
Working Paper, 2025, Number: 25_05, ISBN Number: 978 88 6851 573 7
The Value of Beauty: The socio-economic impact of the beauty and personal care industry in the EU27
Vasilis Douzenis
Oxford Economics, 18 Mar 2025
Understanding Labor Market Demand in Real Time in Argentina and Uruguay
Evelyn Vezza, Gonzalo Zunino, Luis Laguinge, Harry Moroz, Ignacio Apella, Marla Spivack
World Bank Group Policy Research Working Paper 11086, March 2025
Complement or Substitute? How AI Increases the Demand for Human Skills
Elina Mäkelä and Fabian Stephany
February 25, 2025, Available at SSRN
Measuring and Understanding Differences in Private and Public Sector Technology Jobs: Evidence from Artificial Intelligence Job Posting Data
Christos Makridis, Gil Alterovitz
Published in 2024, Available at SSRN
Evaluating the Competitive Effect of the Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger in Labor Markets
Marshall Steinbaum
Issue Date November 11 2023
Displacement or Complementarity? The Labor Market Impact of Generative AI
Wilbur Xinyuan Chen, Suraj Srinivasan and Saleh Zakerinia
Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-039, December 2024
Do Mutual Funds Benefit from the Adoption of AI Technology?
Yiming Zhang and Jian Yuan
August 07, 2024. HKUST Business School Research Paper No. 2024-165, Available at SSRN
A skills-based wine workforce
Amanda Reid, Hugh Dixon, Connor McIndoe, and Satrio Wiradika
©BERL Reference No: #6378 June 2024
How A Retrospective Analysis of the Acquisition of Target's Pharmacy Business by CVS Health: Labor Market Perspective
Chris Compton, Enas Farag, Marshall Steinbaum
Published in Social Science Research Network, 19 April 2024
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How Do Medicaid Expansions Affect the Demand for Health Care Workers? Evidence from Vacancy Postings
Marcus Dillender
Published in Journal of Human Resources Vol. 59, Issue 2, 1 Mar 2024
Workers and the Green-Energy Transition: Evidence from 300 Million Job Transitions
E. Mark Curtis, Layla O'Kane, R. Jisung Park
Working Paper 31539, DOI 10.3386/w31539, Issue Date August 2023, for National Bureau of Economic Research
Vertical Restraints and Labor Markets in Franchised Industries
Brian Callaci, Sergio Pinto, Marshall Steinbaum, and Matthew Walsh
Published in S&P Global Market Intelligence, December 2023, Available at SSRN
The Effect of Franchise No-Poaching Restrictions on Worker Earnings
Brian Callaci, Matthew Gibson, Sergio Pinto, Marshall Steinbaum, and Matt Walsh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16330, Issue Date July 2023, for Institute of Labor Economics
Effects of Stay-at-home Orders on Skill Requirements in Vacancy Postings
Ran Gu, Ling Zhong
Published in Labour Economics, VOL. 82, JUNE 2023, 102342 by Elsevier
The Wage Phillips Curve under Labor Market Power
Anastasia Burya, Rui Mano, Yannick Timmer, Anke Weber
Published in American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, VOL. 113, MAY 2023 (pp. 110-13)
Anastasia Burya, Rui Mano, Yannick Timmer, Anke Weber
Using skills profiling to enable badges and micro-credentials to be incorporated into higher education courses
Rupert Ward, Tom Crick, James Davenport, Paul Hanna, et al
Published in Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2023 pp. 1-22. ISSN 1365-893X by Northumbria University
Technological Change and the Consequences of Job Loss
J. Carter Braxton, Bledi Taska
Published in American Economic Review, VOL. 113, NO. 2, February 2023 (pp. 279-316)
J. Carter Braxton, Bledi Taska
Could machine learning be a general purpose technology? A comparison of emerging technologies using data from online job postings
Avi Goldfarb, Bledi Taska, Florenta Teodoridis
Published in Research Policy, Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2023, 104653 by Elsevier
Artificial intelligence and jobs: evidence from online vacancies
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Jonathon Hazell, Pascual Restrepo
Published in Journal of Labor Economics, Volume 40, Number S1 April 2022 by The University of Chicago
The Relevance of Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Transformation of Regional and Local Labour Markets Across Europe
Christa Larsen, Jenny Kipper, Alfons Schmid, Marco Ricceri
Published 2022 in Nomos eLibrary ISBN online: 978-3-95710-411-3
Green Investors and Green Transition Efforts: Talk the Talk or Walk the Walk?
Shuang Chen
October 21, 2022; Available at SSRN
Monopsony in the US Labor Market
Chen Yeh, Claudia Macaluso, Brad Hershbein
Published in American Economic Review VOL. 112, NO. 7, JULY 2022 (pp. 2099-2138)
Values and Inequality: Prosocial Jobs and the College Wage Premium
Nathan Wilmers, Letian Zhang
Published in American Sociological Review, Volume 87, Issue 3 Pages: 415 - 442 April 13, 2022
Where have all the workers gone? Recalls, retirements, and reallocation in the COVID recovery
Eliza Forsythe, Lisa B. Kahn, Fabian Lange, David Wiczer
Published in Labour Economics Volume 78, October 2022, 1022512022 by Elsevier
Occupational matching and cities
Theodore Papageorgiou
Published 2022 in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 14 (3): 82-132.
ESG and Alternative Data: Capturing Corporates’ Sustainability-Related Activities with Job Postings
Arik Ben Dor Jingling Guan Adam Kelleher Adam Lauretig, et al
Published in The Journal of Financial Data Science, 10 December 2021 10.3905/jfds.2021.1.082
Does Gender and Ethnic Diversity among Audit Partners Influence Office-Level Audit Personnel Retention and Audit Quality?
Eric Condie, Ling Lei Lisic, Timothy A. Seidel, J. Mike Truelson, Ally Zimmerman
Published in Contemporary Accounting Research, 11 May 2020, Available at SSRN
Better Skill-based Job Representations, Assessed via Job Transition Data
Tyler Baldwin, Wyatt Clarke, Maysa M. Garcia de Macedo, Rogerio de Paula, Subhro Das
Published in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)
Effects of New Technologies on Work: The Case of Additive Manufacturing
Ben-Ner, Avner, Ainhoa Urtasun, Bledi Taska
Published in ILR Review, Volume 76, Issue 2, November 22, 2022, by Cornell University
Do Internal Control Weaknesses Affect Firms’ Demand for Accounting Skills? Evidence from US Job Postings
Gao, Janet, Kenneth Merkley, Joseph Pacelli, Joseph H. Schroeder
Published in The Accounting Review, MAY 01 2023
AI skills supply and demand - An analysis through online job advertisements and education and training offer
Bertoletti, A., Cosgrove, J. and Lopez Cobo, M.
Publications Office of the European Union. JRC143488. ISBN: 978-92-68-31110-3 (online). ISSN: 1831-9424 (online). Luxembourg, 2025
Field Experiments and Job Posting Sources: The Consequences of Job Database Selection for Estimates of Racial Discrimination
David S. Pedulla, John Muñoz, Katherine E. Wullert, Felipe A. Dias
Published in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages: 26 - 42, January 2022
Understanding the Diffusion of Business Analysis Responsibilities
Amy Harris, Carol Clark
Published in Journal of Computer Information Systems, Apr 12 2023, P 278-288
Dropouts need not apply? the minimum wage and skill upgrading
Jeffrey Clemens, Lisa B. Kahn, Jonathan Meer
Published in Journal of Labor Economics, Volume 39, no. S1, January 2021
The demand for AI skills in the labor market
Liudmila Alekseeva, José Azar, Mireia Giné, et al.
Published in Labour Economics, Volume 71, August 2021, 102002, by Elsevier
Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses
Edward Felten, Manav Raj, Robert Seamans
Published in Strategic Management Journal, Volume42, Issue12, December 2021, Pages 2195-2217
Ban-the-Box Measures Help High-Crime Neighborhoods
Daniel Shoag, Stan Veuger
Published in The Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 64, Number 1, February 2021, by The University of Chicago Press
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