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Economists are looking for clues that AI is eliminating jobs for young workers. Two new papers suggest a different culprit: remote work.

Why it matters: Young workers' white-collar job woes might stem from the massive, pandemic-era shift in how Americans work. Any AI-related impacts are landing on top of that headwind. The consequences could reverberate for years to come.