Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207540 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12716
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study follows the Lordan and Neumark (2018) analysis for the US, and examines whether minimum wage increases affect employment opportunities in automatable jobs in the UK for low-skilled low-wage workers. Overall, I find that increasing the minimum wage decreases the share of automatable employment held by low-skilled low-wage workers, and increases the likelihood that workers in automatable jobs become disemployed. On aggregate the effect size is modest, but I also provide evidence that these effects are larger in more recent years. The study also highlights significant heterogeneity by industry and demographic group, including more substantive adverse effects for older low-skilled workers in manufacturing, as well as effects at the intensive margin.
Subjects: 
technology
robotics
automation
unemployment
employment
minimum wage
JEL: 
J23
J38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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