Minimum Wage Hikes and the Automation Threshold Effect

最低工资上调与自动化临界效应

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Raising minimum wages doesn’t uniformly accelerate automation; instead, it triggers adoption only when labor costs exceed a technology’s breakeven point for specific tasks.
Fast-food chains deploy kiosks selectively—not after every wage increase, but when labor turnover, training costs, and scheduling complexity jointly raise effective hourly expenses.

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