Consider the following competitive labor market situation before and after a tax is levied on labor suppliers. (This would be as if the companies did not withhold any taxes from workers' paychecks. The workers would always be the ones mailing in any taxes owed on their pay from the firms.) W Wd Wo B E Ws F S L D(no tax) D, (with tax) L 13. Before the tax is imposed, firms' surplus is given by the area A+B+C. This surplus measures O the workers' addition to profit. O how much the firm is paying the workers. O how much more the workers are getting paid compared the combined minima the workers are willing to work for. O the firms' combined revenues. O the size of the wage.
Consider the following competitive labor market situation before and after a tax is levied on labor suppliers. (This would be as if the companies did not withhold any taxes from workers' paychecks. The workers would always be the ones mailing in any taxes owed on their pay from the firms.) W Wd Wo B E Ws F S L D(no tax) D, (with tax) L 13. Before the tax is imposed, firms' surplus is given by the area A+B+C. This surplus measures O the workers' addition to profit. O how much the firm is paying the workers. O how much more the workers are getting paid compared the combined minima the workers are willing to work for. O the firms' combined revenues. O the size of the wage.
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