The figure illustrates the labor market for delivery drivers in a small town in Mexico. What would be the effect a minimum wage imposed at $4 per hour? A. A shortage of 2 hundred hours. B. A surplus of 2 hundred hours. C. There would be no effect. D. A shortage of 1 hundred hours. Wage rate (dollars per hour) 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 S Minimum wage D 9 10 11 12 Quantity (hundreds of hours per day)

The figure illustrates the labor market for delivery drivers in a small town in Mexico. What would be the effect a minimum wage imposed at $4 per hour? A. A shortage of 2 hundred hours. B. A surplus of 2 hundred hours. C. There would be no effect. D. A shortage of 1 hundred hours. Wage rate (dollars per hour) 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 S Minimum wage D 9 10 11 12 Quantity (hundreds of hours per day)

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