During the 1990s worker productivity growth spiked as computers and the internet were introduced to many businesses for the first time. How did this affect the natural unemployment rate?

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Dawson Morrison

14 August, 00:58

During the 1990s worker productivity growth spiked as computers and the internet were introduced to many businesses for the first time. How did this affect the natural unemployment rate?

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Malcolm Shaffer · Answer 1

Natural unemployment decreased as productivity growth outstripped wage growth

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As computers and the internet were introduced to business for the first time, unlike other technologies, natural unemployment decreased. It was feared that computers and the internet would increase the rate of employment. However the growth in productivity as a result of the introduction of internet and computers was tremendous that it overtook the growth in wages, even better than it used to be.