The Economics of Artificial Intelligence

 Collège de France, Paris 

10 June 2025

The Innovation Lab (Collège de France) and the Rimini Center for Economic Analysis-Europe (RCEA Europe) at the University of Milano-Bicocca jointly organize this workshop, which gathers leading economists to discuss their findings on the economic impact of AI deepening. 

The workshop is open to the free participation of interested researchers and PhD students in person at the Collège de France in Paris. 

Venue: Collège de France main building, 11 Pl. Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris - Room 2 

Program

8.30 Registration

9.00 Opening remarks by Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, LSE, and INSEAD)

9.15 Session 1

• Roland Rathelot (CREST) - How can AI improve search and matching? Evidence from 59 million personalized job recommendations

• Eduard Talamas (IESE) - The Turing valley: How AI capabilities shape labor income 

• Keynote by Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, LSE, and INSEAD) - Should we fear A.I.? 

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 Session 2

• Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (PSE) - The political effects of X’s recommender algorithm

• Noam Yuchtman (Oxford) - Data, AI, and the State

• Filipe Campante (Johns Hopkins University) - AI misinformation, trust, and news consumption

13:00 Lunch break

14.30  Roundtable: The impact of AI for policy making 

   Opening remarks by Ignazio Visco (Governor Emeritus of Banca d'Italia)

Moderator: Simon Bunel (Banque de France)

Panelists:  Céline Antonin (OFCE) and Philine Wildmer (PSE) 

15:30 Coffee Break 

16.00 Session 3

• Flavio Calvino (OECD) - AI, intangibles, and productivity

• Simon Bunel (Banque de France) - How different uses of AI shape labor demand: Evidence from France

• Keynote by Chad Jones (Stanford GSB) - A.I. and economic growth

17.45 Adjourn

Organizing Committee
Karim Abadir (Imperial College, RCEA)

Antonin Bergeaud (HEC, RCEA) Co-Chair Organizer

Francesco Franceschi (Banca d'Italia)

Claudio Morana (Milano-Bicocca, RCEA)

Alessandro Riboni (École Polytechnique, RCEA) Co-Chair Organizer
Gianluigi Pelloni (RCEA)

Michael Plummer (John Hopkins, RCEA)

For additional information, write to Alessandro Riboni and Antonin Bergeaud