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David Autor

@davidautor
Cambridge, MA
economics.mit.edu/faculty/dautor
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  • @davidautor
    David Autor
    @davidautor
    Aug 26
    The latest Substack article from the Stone Center (linked below) covers findings from my recent paper with @DAcemogluMIT, Keelan Beirne, and Andrew Scott on demographic change and the macroeconomy.
    @MITshapingwork
    MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work
    @MITshapingwork
    Aug 26
    New research from @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and co-authors finds that lower birth rates have not slowed economic growth over the past 70 years, and in fact have increased productivity per worker. Read more on Substack: mitstonecenter.substack.com/p/why-falling-…
  • @davidautor
    David Autor
    @davidautor
    Apr 24
    The MIT Stone Center, which I co-direct with @DAcemogluMIT and @baselinescene, just launched a Substack newsletter (linked below). The first post shares findings from my recent paper with Caroline Chin, Anna Salomons and Bryan Seegmiller on understanding new work.
    @MITshapingwork
    MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work
    @MITshapingwork
    Apr 24
    📢 We're on Substack! Subscribe to our newsletter, The Work Ahead. The first post explores recent research from @davidautor & co-authors on what makes new work different from more work — and why new work is a key force offsetting the effects of automation. mitstonecenter.substack.com
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  • @davidautor
    David Autor
    @davidautor
    Feb 10
    I'm pleased to share the release of the 2026 International AI Safety Report, for which I was a reviewer. The report represents the largest global collaboration on AI safety to date. Learn more here: internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/in…
    @Yoshua_Bengio
    Yoshua Bengio
    @Yoshua_Bengio
    Feb 3
    Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵 (1/17)
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  • @davidautor
    David Autor
    @davidautor
    May 13, 2025
    I'm delighted to announce this next chapter for @MITshapingwork. Support from the Stone Foundation will enable us — and many others — to focus our efforts towards shaping a labor market that offers opportunity, mobility and economic security to a far broader set of people.
    @BlueprintMIT
    MIT Blueprint Labs
    @BlueprintMIT
    May 13, 2025
    Blueprint Co-Director @davidautor and Affiliates @DAcemogluMIT and @baselinescene will launch the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work in July, thanks to a generous gift from the Stone Foundation. Read more: news.mit.edu/2025/mit-econo…
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  • @davidautor
    David Autor
    @davidautor
    Apr 11, 2025
    I'm honored that MIT Press selected my book with @LizBeckReynolds and David Mindell for this award.
    @MIT_SHASS
    MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
    @MIT_SHASS
    Apr 11, 2025
    .@mitpress announced the winners of its Faculty Book award. Congratulations to @MITEcon professor @davidautor, co-author of the winning entry “The Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines.” news.mit.edu/2025/mit-press…
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