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SciNet: The Anatomy of Science
A task-level database of scientific research: a comprehensive map of what researchers actually do, broken down by domain, field, subfield, and topic. SciNet enables rigorous, task-level analysis of scientific work by mapping the granular activity structure of science across 6 domains, 34 fields, 318 subfields, and 4,481 topics, with 7,262 released tasks.
Predicted Effects of AI on Labor Markets and Education
Despite large estimated productivity gains from AI across a wide range of tasks, the labor market effects are not well understood. This paper develops a methodology to estimate workers' comparative advantage across tasks and the labor market effects of task-biased technical change. We propose and estimate a dynamic general equilibrium model in which workers build multi-dimensional skills and can switch occupations based on their evolving comparative advantage. The model is informed by existing detailed data on tasks in the US labor market and new data on their skill requirements.
Representative US Census Links (1850-1950)
This dataset comprises crosswalks to link census records for men and women in the United States from 1850 to 1950. It covers 42 million Americans who are linked across 186 million census records. The dataset tracks individuals across multiple censuses despite name changes (e.g., due to marriage) by combining historical census records with Social Security Number application data. The resulting panels are representative, making them particularly valuable for including women in the study of intergenerational mobility.