This Time is Different? Higher Education and AI’s Impact on the Labor Market

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  • Pedro N. Teixeira

Abstract

The last two centuries’ historical experience has shown that technology has consistently replaced human labor in specific tasks without leading to widespread job loss, reinforcing instead the labor market advantages of higher education. Despite that optimism, growing concerns have permeated policy views about digitalization and its impacts on the labor market. This text examines briefly those concerns and some potential implications for higher education, with a particular emphasis on the role of educational mission, pedagogical and curricular innovation, and the institutional conditions favorable to face those challenges.

Author Biography

Pedro N. Teixeira

Pedro N. Teixeira is professor of economics at the University of Porto and a former director of the Centre of Research in Higher Education Policies in Portugal. E-mail: pedrotx@fep.up.pt. 

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2025-12-16

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Teixeira, P. (2025). This Time is Different? Higher Education and AI’s Impact on the Labor Market. International Higher Education, (125). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/20999

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No. 125 (2025): Winter Issue

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