The Race between Academia and Industry for AI Researchers.

Autor/inn/en	Miserocchi, Francesca; Noray, Savannah; Wu, Alice
Institution	Rockwool Foundation Berlin; Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (London)
Titel	The Race between Academia and Industry for AI Researchers. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Wettlauf zwischen Wissenschaft und Industrie um KI-Forschende.
Quelle	Berlin (2026), 39 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series. 26106
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Künstliche Intelligenz; Industrie; Personalbeschaffung; Wettbewerb; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsplatzwechsel; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufsverlauf; Informatiker; Wissenschaft; Akademiker; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Personalbedarf; Veröffentlichung; Welt; Hochschulabsolvent; Wissenschaftler
Abstract	"The advances of artificial intelligence (AI) are built on the groundwork laid by researchers. We study the labor market competition between academia and industry for AI researchers and its consequences for public knowledge production. Using data on 150,000 computer science researchers, we document a major reallocation of AI talent toward top technology firms between 2005 and 2020. Publications at AI conferences predict transitions to top firms more strongly than to academia. Exploiting acceptance decisions at a leading AI conference, we compare accepted authors with similar rejected authors and find that a publication increases the probability of moving to a top firm by 2-6 percentage points in the next 1-3 years. Sorting to top firms is stronger for male researchers, whereas female students and postdocs are more likely to get tenure-track positions following a publication. Researchers who move to top firms subsequently publish fewer papers, resulting in approximately 1,000 fewer AI papers and 2,000 fewer papers in other computer science areas per year in the public domain." The study refers to the period 2000-2023 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4