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The Economic Research team studies how AI is reshaping the economy, including work, productivity, and economic opportunity. Through rigorous data collection and analysis, we track AI's real-world economic effects and publish research that helps policymakers, businesses, and the public understand and prepare for the changes ahead. Research teams: Alignment Economic Research Interpretability Societal Impacts

What We Do We build the empirical foundation for understanding AI's economic impact. Our flagship Anthropic Economic Index tracks how AI tools are actually being used around the world and across every sector of the economy—moving beyond speculation to measure adoption patterns as they unfold. Alongside our index reports, we produce novel research that studies the implications of AI usage and diffusion—as tracked in the index—for workers, for firms, and for the broader economy.

Why It Matters Economic transitions create both opportunity and disruption. The speed of AI development means the stakes are unusually high. We need reliable data to inform the decisions that workers, employers, and policymakers make about the future. Our research provides evidence to address uncertainty and helps society navigate this transition in ways that are broadly beneficial.

Anthropic Economic Index report: Learning curves Economic Research Mar 24, 2026 Anthropic's fifth Economic Index report studies Claude usage in February 2026, building on the economic primitives framework introduced in our previous report.

Economic Research Apr 22, 2026 What 81,000 people told us about the economics of AI Our recent survey study with 81,000 Claude users provides a way to connect people’s economic concerns with what we’ve quantified in Claude traffic. Economic Research Mar 5, 2026 Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence In this paper, we present a new framework for understanding AI’s labor market impacts, and test it against early data. Economic Research Jan 15, 2026 Anthropic Economic Index report: Economic primitives This report introduces new metrics of AI usage to provide a rich portrait of interactions with Claude in November 2025, just prior to the release of Opus 4.5. Economic Research Nov 25, 2025 Estimating AI productivity gains from Claude conversations Analyzing 100,000 Claude conversations, this research finds AI reduces task time by 80% on average.

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Date Category Title May 27, 2026 Economic Research Coding agents in the social sciences Apr 22, 2026 Economic Research Announcing the Anthropic Economic Index Survey Apr 22, 2026 Economic Research What 81,000 people told us about the economics of AI Mar 31, 2026 Economic Research How Australia Uses Claude: Findings from the Anthropic Economic Index Mar 24, 2026 Economic Research Anthropic Economic Index report: Learning curves Mar 5, 2026 Economic Research Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence Feb 16, 2026 Economic Research India Country Brief: The Anthropic Economic Index Jan 15, 2026 Economic Research Anthropic Economic Index: New building blocks for understanding AI use Jan 15, 2026 Economic Research Anthropic Economic Index report: Economic primitives Nov 25, 2025 Economic Research Estimating AI productivity gains from Claude conversations

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