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Study links Uber and Lyft to higher local GDP, but overall job effects remain unclear

The arrival of Uber and Lyft may have increased economic activity in US metropolitan areas without producing a clear rise in overall employment or worker earnings. A study published in Nature Cities examined the staggered introduction of UberX and Lyft across 167 service regions between 2010 and 2019. The researchers estimated that the arrival of UberX or Lyft was associated with a 2.9% increase in regional GDP per person and a 3.7% increase in …
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Market Business News broke the news on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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