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Report says mandated wage hikes accelerate introduction of technology in workplace
16 August 2017
New research indicates that minimum-wage laws have forced companies to accelerate the introduction of technology in the workplace, hurting American workers in mostly low-skilled jobs. The findings come from a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) called “People Versus Machines: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Automatable Jobs,” by Grace Lordan and David Neumark.
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People Versus Machines: The Impact of Minimum Wages on Automatable Jobs
Published August 2017
Available on the NBER website