Study Shows That Minimum Wage Hikes Put More Jobs at Risk of Automation

Study Shows That Minimum Wage Hikes Put More Jobs at Risk of Automation

Researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research have published a paper noting a relationship between automation and the minimum wage. From 1980 to 2015, a $1 increase in the minimum wage resulted in a 0.43 percent decline in automatable jobs. Benefiting Whom, Exactly?

The desire for a higher wage is pretty self explanatory. However, the impact a minimum wage increase could have on society is not so clear.

In an effort to shed light on this subject, researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) conducted a study , and they’ve concluded that a minimum wage hike might […]

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