Table 1 Production Function and Demand for Labor Schedules Quantity of labor demanded (billions of hours per year) Real GDP (billions of 2012 dollars) Real wage rate (2012 dollars per hour) 0 2 4 140 200 100 60 20 Table 2 Supply of Labor Schedule Quantity of labor supplied (billions of hours per year) 4 Real wage rate (2012 dollars per hour) 20 60 100 ..... Use the information in the schedules above to draw this economy's production function. Label it. Draw a point to show equilibrium employment and potential GDP. At the full-employment quantity of labor, what is the real wage rate? The real wage rate is $ an hour.
Table 1 Production Function and Demand for Labor Schedules Quantity of labor demanded (billions of hours per year) Real GDP (billions of 2012 dollars) Real wage rate (2012 dollars per hour) 0 2 4 140 200 100 60 20 Table 2 Supply of Labor Schedule Quantity of labor supplied (billions of hours per year) 4 Real wage rate (2012 dollars per hour) 20 60 100 ..... Use the information in the schedules above to draw this economy's production function. Label it. Draw a point to show equilibrium employment and potential GDP. At the full-employment quantity of labor, what is the real wage rate? The real wage rate is $ an hour.
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Transcribed Image Text:Table 1 Production Function and Demand for Labor Schedules
Quantity of labor demanded
(billions of hours per year)
Real GDP (billions of 2012 dollars)
2
4
220-
200-
Real GDP
140
200
(billions of 2012 dollars)
Real wage rate
(2012 dollars per hour)
180-
100
60
20
160-
Table 2 Supply of Labor Schedule
Quantity of labor supplied
(billions of hours per year)
Real wage rate
(2012 dollars per hour)
140-
2
4
120-
20
60
100
100-
80-
.....
60-
Use the information in the schedules above to draw this economy's production
function. Label it.
40-
Draw a point to show equilibrium employment and potential GDP.
20-
At the full-employment quantity of labor, what is the real wage rate?
0-
1
3
4
The real wage rate is $
an hour.
Labor (billions of hours per year)
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