If the introduction of industrial robots in the poultry industry means that robots will now do most of the tasks in poultry processing plants, thereby replacing most of the unskilled workers. Then the real wage of unskilled workers in poultry processing plants is predicted to ________ and the employment of unskilled workers in poultry processing plants is predicted to ________.
A. decrease; decrease
B. increase; not change
C. increase; decrease
D. increase; increase
Answer: A
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