Labor Demand Data Labor Supply Data Employment Total Product Product Price Employment Wage Rate о 1 2 23 3 4 56 5 6 SNO $2.20 15 2.00 1 $ 1.00 28 1.80 2 2.00 39 1.60 3 3.00 48 1.40 4 4.00 55 1.20 5 5.00 60 1.00 6. 6.00 The table shows labor demand data on the left and labor supply data on the right. What will be the profit-maximizing wage rate? $6 $4 $3 © $5

Why are the factors that shift the demand for a product different from the factors that shift the demand for labor? Why are the factors that shift the supply of a product different from those that shift the supply of labor?

Other than the demand for labor, what would be another example of a 'derived demand?

What determines the demand for labor for a firm operation in a perfectly competitive out market?

Assume that the supply of law-skilled worker is fairly elastic, but the employers demand for such workers is fairly inelastic. If the policy goal is to expand employment for low-skilled workers, is it better to focus on policy tools to shift the supply of unskilled labor or on tools to shift the demand for unskilled labor? What if the policy goal is to raise wages for this group? Explain your answer with supply and demand diagrams.

What is a perfectly competitive labor market?

Predict how each of the following events will raise or lower the equilibrium wage and quantity of oil worker in Texas. In each case, sketch a demand and supply diagram to illustrate your answer. The price of oil rises. New all-drilling equipment is invented that is cheap and requires few workers to run. Several major companies that do not drill oil open factories in Texas, offering many well-paid jobs outside the oil industry. Government imposes costly new regulations to make oil-drilling a safer job.

Table 14.11 shows levels of employment (Labor), the marginal product at each of those levels, and a monopolys marginal revenue. What is the monopolys marginal revenue product at each level of employment? If the monopoly operates in a perfectly competitive labor market where the going market wage is 20, what is the films profit maximizing level of employment?

Table 14.12 shows the quantity demanded and supplied in the labor market for driving city buses in the town of Unionville, where all the bus drivers belong to a union. What would the equilibrium wage and quantity be in this market if no union existed? Assume that the union has enough negotiating power to raise the wage to 4 per hour higher than it would otherwise be. Is there now excess demand or excess supply of labor?