Regardless of the legislated minimum wage, Uber et al are becoming the new de facto minimum wage. I talk to lots of startups that serve industries struggling w/labor supply. The reason? "Who wants to do [a dangerous or unpleasant job] when they can drive for Uber and make more?"
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Replying to @lpolovets
In particular, the new minimum wage contingent on the worker being sufficiently skilled to maintain a car in working order.
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Replying to @patio11
Yup. Which is not everyone, but it's almost everyone.
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Replying to @lpolovets
If one’s reference class is people who would otherwise be earning minimum wage, I would politely disagree. This has been noted by business associates of my father’s as creating a “creaming” effect in their labor supply.
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There exists a complex series of statements which need to be true about one’s life to keep a car in working order, just like there are to be able to reliably show up at 9 AM sober almost every weekday day for months in a row, and it turns out those are signalful proxies.
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