State-Level Unemployment Risk Attribution

Separating LLM diffusion from macroeconomic factors in CA, WA, and AK

Frank et al. (arXiv: 2601.02554)200 SimulationsBartik + SynDiD

Key Findings

90.1%
LLM Attribution Fraction
0.0259
SynDiD ATT (true: 0.025)
0.033
Placebo p-value
69.0%
Power at True Effect

Decomposition

SynDiD Gap

Power Curve