This ECA Talk discussed the AI Jobs Transition Framework, an approach for understanding how AI may affect work in the near term beyond traditional “AI exposure” measures. The background report combines technical AI capability with human necessity, demand elasticity, and observed ChatGPT usage to distinguish jobs likely to face automation pressure, redesign, growth, or less immediate change. The framework is intended as a practical map for workers, firms, and policymakers preparing for near-term AI-driven labor-market transitions.

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Alex Martin Richmond Speaker

Economist at the Economic Research of OpenAI

Alex Martin Richmond is an Economist at the Economics Research team of OpenAI. Her research focuses on AI's impact on workers and the labor market and how workers use ChatGPT to make better economic decisions . She has a PhD in Economics from MIT, with concentration in Economic Theory and Financial Economics. Before joining OpenAI, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., in the Financial and Macroeconomic Stability Studies section, where she analyzed financial stability risks and helped develop potential policy responses.

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Ivailo Izvorski Host & Chair

Chief Economist for the Europe and Central Asia region at the World Bank

Ivailo V. Izvorski is the Chief Economist of the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank. Over nearly 30 years, he has worked in technical and managerial positions on the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, and Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank, the Institute of International Finance, and the International Monetary Fund. Before his current position, Ivailo was the Manager of the World Bank Global Debt, Macro, and Growth Unit and, before that, the manager of the macroeconomists for Europe and Central Asia. Ivailo holds MA and PhD degrees in economics from Yale University. Ivailo is coauthor of numerous publications, including of Diversified Development: Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia, Reinvigorating Growth in Resource-Rich Sub-Saharan Africa, and of Greater Heights: Growing to High Income in Europe and Central Asia.