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The Heterogeneous Productivity Effects of Generative AI

Kreitmeir, David, Raschky, Paul A.

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

We compile data on the daily coding output quantity and quality of over 36,000 GitHub users in Italy and other European countries and combine these data with the sudden announcement of the ban in a difference-in-differences framework. Among the affected users in Italy, we find a short-term increase in output quantity and quality for less experienced users and a decrease in productivity on more routine tasks for experienced users.