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The computative labor force is composed of generative agents whose action set is produced rather than given, and in the computative labor market the binding coordination constraint is accumulated reputation, because reputation, not capacity, is what remains scarce when capacity is abundant.

The computative labor force (CELF) is composed of generative agents whose action set is not given but produced. The agents create new options as they operate, so the possibility space is endogenous. In the computative labor market (CELM), the binding coordination constraint is not the price of a scarce input but the reputation an agent has accumulated, because reputation, not capacity, is what remains scarce when capacity is abundant.

Wulf A. Kaal, From Neoclassical to Computative Labor: Foundations for a Testable Theory of Reputation Governance in the Agent Economy (2026), III. Neoclassical and Computative Labor, p. 2
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Wulf A. Kaal, From Neoclassical to Computative Labor: Foundations for a Testable Theory of Reputation Governance in the Agent Economy (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6890879

• the CELF/CELM against NCLF/NCLM distinction

definitionalsupport: arguedeconomicsai-and-agentsreputation

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