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sourceTitle: "Research: How AI Is Changing the Labor Market"
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# Wilbur Xinyuan Chen

**Role in source:** Co-author of the underlying research; named as a contributor but not directly quoted in the article.

**Profile:** Wilbur Xinyuan Chen is a researcher affiliated with the **Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)** and a co-author of the working paper [[entity-displacement-or-complementarity-paper|"Displacement or Complementarity? The Labor Market Impact of Generative AI"]], analyzing the labor-market impact of generative AI.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:** Co-authorship of the empirical work behind [[claim-post-chatgpt-demand-shift]] and the [[framework-task-categorization-scoring|task categorization methodology]]. Collaborates with [[entity-suraj-srinivasan|Suraj Srinivasan]] and [[entity-saleh-zakerinia|Saleh Zakerinia]].

**Canonical reference:** Author listing on the *Displacement or Complementarity* working paper (HBS Working Paper 25-039).