The impact of AI on the labor market

Project goal:

The research aims to provide an empirical study of the labor market in relation to the adoption of artificial intelligence. Through a comprehensive quantitative analysis of job postings, the study seeks to understand the current state of AI adoption across industries, the labor market response to adoption, and the skills required for these emerging roles. The research will also explore real-time tracking and trend forecasting methods to identify potential areas of AI growth, enabling businesses and educational institutions to tailor their training programs accordingly, and to inform policymaking for government decision-makers.

The project’s lead researchers are:

Ferenc Kiss (Infota Research and Development Director, Chairman of the Knowledge Management Working Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences),

Levente Szabados (Associate Professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance, Artificial Intelligence System Development Expert).

Project duration: 1 October, 2023 – 31 October, 2024

Funding organization: Batthyány Lajos Foundation

Partners:

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Dissemination

In order to present the first results of our research, we actively participated in the organization of the 2023 conference of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Knowledge Management Working Committee. We spoke at the event in the framework of the plenary lectures and participated in a lively professional discussion.

In order to present the results to the professional community and submit them for discussion, we gave lectures at the following events and published the following publications:

  • Levente Szabados: Linguistic Models on the Paths of Knowledge: At the Gate of the Autonomous Future – “Knowledge Management on New Paths – in the Context of AI and Upgrading” – Conference of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ Knowledge Management Working Committee 2023.11.07, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Budapest
  • Levente Szabados: Decomposing AI’s Evolution: A Wave-Based Approach to Predicting Labour Market Impacts. Research Seminar. Modul University, Vienna, 2023.11.28.
  • Szabados, L. (2024a). AI’s effect on labor: What does economic literature say? The International Journal of Engineering and Science, 13(5), 328–350. https://doi.org/10.9790/1813-1305328350
  • Levente Szabados: The dynamics of AI adoption: Book Review: Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence. Alma Mater 2024: 1 (2024)
  • Szabados, L. (2025). The impact of AI tools on the work and labor market prospects of programmers. Management Studies / Budapest Management Review, 56(4), 42–56. https://doi.org/10.14267/VEZTUD.2025.04.04