Independent research2023–2025

Generative AI and knowledge-work productivity literature

National Bureau of Economic Research / academic replication

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Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research / academic replication
Title: Generative AI and knowledge-work productivity literature
Date: 2023–2025
Provenance: Independent research
Method: Randomised and quasi-experimental studies on structured analytical tasks.
What it does not show: Task-level studies. None measure whether the resulting decisions were better, which is the only outcome that matters here.
Full reference: National Bureau of Economic Research / academic replication. Generative AI and knowledge-work productivity literature. 2023–2025

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