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Automation leads to higher wages for workers.
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Is it true that automation leads to higher wages for workers?
Partly. Evidence is mixed and mostly partial: one French manufacturing study finds automation can raise labor demand and share productivity gains, and a ride-hailing model finds higher effective wages only in some settings, while other work reports displacement, falling middle-wage demand, and rising wage inequality. No source settles the general claim that automation raises wages for workers overall.
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The Impact of Automation on Workers When Workers Are Strategic: The Case of Ride-Hailing. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2023.0416
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Automation. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
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What Are the Labor and Product Market Effects of Automation? New Evidence from France. (2020). sciencespo.hal.science. https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-03403062v1
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Technical Change, Wages, and Employment in Semiconductor Manufacturing. (2001). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/001979390105400224
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Azar, J. & Giné, M. (2026). Higher Wages, Lower Welfare: Automation and Positional Goods. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7503358
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Will automation and robotics lead to more inequality?. (2023). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12465
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