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Nov 2024
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Automation Is Harming Low-skilled Worker...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Automation is reducing job mobility for low-skilled workers and potentially influencing their political behavior, according to research from Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim.

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