AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

Last month, we shared word of a Stanford study that found entry-level employment in so-called "AI-impacted" occupations lagging well behind that in other fields. Now, a new working paper from economics researchers at Munich's CESifo finds the opposite, arguing point blank that "there is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring of recent college graduates in absolute or relative levels." In " The Early Impacts of AI on Employment Among Recent College Graduate