Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:3. Minimum wage legislation
The following graph gives the labor market for the fast-food industry of the imaginary city of Combopolis.
Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph.
Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly.
WAGE (Dolars per hour)
20
18
16
14
12
10
6
4
2
0
Supply
0 00 180 270 360 450 540 630 720 810 900
LABOR (Hundreds of workers)
In this market, the equilibrium wage is S
Demand
Labor Demanded
Wage
(Dollars per hour) (Hundreds of workers)
B
12
True
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Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry
Wage
(Dollars per hour)
False
Labor Demanded
(Hundreds of
workers)
6
900
Suppose the mayor of Combopolis introduces a legal minimum wage of $6 per hour. This type of price control is called a
per hour, and the equilibrium quantity of labor is
Labor Supplied
(Hundreds of
workers)
True or False: A minimum wage below $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this labor market.
For each of the wages listed in the following table, determine the quantity of labor demanded, the quantity of labor supplied, and the direction of
pressure exerted on wages in the absence of any price controls.
Labor Supplied
(Hundreds of workers) Pressure on Wages
?
378
hundred workers.
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