This paper uses minimum wage hikes to evaluate the susceptibility of low-wage employment to technological substitution … effects of automation on low-wage routine jobs. Employment losses are most evident among minority workers who experience …

low-wage employment to technological substitution. We find that increases in the cost of low-wage labor, via minimum wage … hikes, lead to relative employment declines at cognitively routine occupations but not manually-routine or non-routine low …-run employment consequence of this reshuffling on individual workers is economically small, due to concurrent employment growth in …

low-wage employment to technological substitution. We find that increases in the cost of low-wage labor, via minimum wage … hikes, lead to relative employment declines at cognitively routine occupations but not manually-routine or non-routine low …-run employment consequence of this reshuffling on individual workers is economically small, due to concurrent employment growth in …