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A Downward Push: The Impact of Wal-Mart Stores on Retail Wages and Benefits

Abstract

Our research finds that Wal-Mart store openings lead to the replacement of better paying jobs with jobs that pay less. Wal-Mart’s entry also drives wages down for workers in competing industry segments such as grocery stores.

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