Bouke Klein Teeselink

Biography

Bouke Klein Teeselink is a Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. He is also affiliated with the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the AI Objectives Institute.

His research is on the Economics of AI. He examines how generative AI is transforming labour markets around the world, answering questions about how AI is reshaping the job prospects of early-career workers, which jobs and occupations win and lose, how the nature and difficulty of work is changing, and how the supply and demand for skills is shifting as a consequence of AI.

He uses large data sets from online job boards, LinkedIn profiles, charitable donations, medication purchases, and tax records to study topics such as automation, identity, and consumer decision making.

Interviews

Bouke Klein Teeselink on AI, Automation, & the Future of Work. Social Science Encyclopedia. May 7, 2026.

Publications (selected)

Racial Differences in the Income-Well-Being Gradient. Judgment and Decision Making (2025) Joint with J. Kim & G. Zauberman.

Weather to Protest: The Effect of Black Lives Matter Protests on the 2020 Presidential Election. Political Behavior (2025). Joint with G. Melios.

Origin of (A)symmetry: The Evolution of Out-Party Distrust in the United States. Journal of Politics (2025). Joint with G. Melios.

High-Stakes Failures of Backward Induction. Games and Economic Behavior (2024) Joint with M.J. van den Assem, D. van Dolder & J.D. Dana.

Partisanship, Political Alignment, and Charitable Donations. Public Choice (2024). Joint with G. Melios.

Own-Gender Favoritism in High Stakes Decisions: Taste-Based Discrimination on The Price Is Right. Economic Journal (2024). Joint with P. Anatasov & J. D. Dana.

Education

PhD Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

MPhil Economics, Tinbergen Institute

BSc Economics and Business Economics, University of Maastricht

Institutions

King’s College London

Institute for Artificial Intelligence

AI Objectives Institute

Topics

Behavioural economics

Applied microeconomics

Political economy

Economics of AI

The Anna Karenina Income Effect: Well-Being Inequality Decreases with Income. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2023). Joint with G. Zauberman.

Does Losing Lead to Winning? An Empirical Analysis for Four Sports. Management Science (2023). Joint with M.J. van den Assem & D. van Dolder.

Incentives, Performance and Choking in Darts. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2020). Joint with R.J.D. Potter van Loon, M.J. van den Assem & D. van Dolder.