Here's some evidence for you. You should look into the tragedy of American Samoa that resulted from the law raising the minimum wage. Basically, the US Congress raised the wage and the tuna canneries decided it was cheaper to build automated plants.
In addition to the points that TonyC made, is there evidence that the automated plants were truly a direct response to the raising of minimum wage? The reason I ask is that I suspect that automation will usually be cheaper than people, no matter how much you pay the people. Companies are always looking to automate wherever they can. Perhaps they would have automated anyway?
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