The following graph shows the labor market in the fast-food industry in the fictional town of Supersize City. In a labor market, workers supply their labor to the market in exchange for wages, and their behavior is represented by the supply curve. Similarly, firms pay wages to obtain labor, and thus their behavior is represented by the demand curve. In this way, wages are the price of labor. (a). 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. (b). True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this market. (Hint: Economists call a minimum wage that prevents the labor market from reaching equilibrium a binding minimum wage.) Graph Input Tool(?Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry2018I Wage(Dollars per hour)16SupplyLabor Demanded(Thousands ofworkers)Labor Supplied(Thousands ofworkers)800336141210Demand6480160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800LABOR (Thousands of workers)WAGE (Dollars per hour)2. For each of the wages listed in the following table, determine the quantity of labor demanded, the quantity of labor supplied, and the direction ofpressure exerted on wages in the absence of any price controls.WageLabor DemandedLabor Supplied(Dollars per hour)(Thousands of workers)(Thousands of workers)Surplus or Shortage of LaborPressure on Wages146UpwardTrue or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this market. (Hint: Economists call a r Downwardthat preventsthe labor market from reaching equilibrium a binding minimum wage.)O TrueO False

1)Wage-dollars per hour-14 Labor demanded=0 Labor supplied=480 Supply is greater than demand…

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The following graph shows the labor market in the fast-food industry in the fictional town of Supersize City. In a labor market, workers supply their labor to the market in exchange for wages, and their behavior is represented by the supply curve. Similarly, firms pay wages to obtain labor, and thus their behavior is represented by the demand curve. In this way, wages are the price of labor.

(a). 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.

(b). True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this market. (Hint: Economists call a minimum wage that prevents the labor market from reaching equilibrium a binding minimum wage.)

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Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry
20
18
I Wage
(Dollars per hour)
16
Supply
Labor Demanded
(Thousands of
workers)
Labor Supplied
(Thousands of
workers)
800
336
14
12
10
Demand
6
4
80
160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800
LABOR (Thousands of workers)
WAGE (Dollars per hour)
2.

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.
Wage
Labor Demanded
Labor Supplied
(Dollars per hour)
(Thousands of workers)
(Thousands of workers)
Surplus or Shortage of Labor
Pressure on Wages
14
6
Upward
True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this market. (Hint: Economists call a r Downward
that prevents
the labor market from reaching equilibrium a binding minimum wage.)
O True
O False

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