Essentials of Economics (MindTap Course List)
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Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine
Changes in labor market.
Subpart (b):
To determine
Changes in labor market.
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Consider an economy with two labor market- one for manufacturing workers and one for service workers.Suppose initially that neither is unionized.a.If manufacturing workers formed a union ,what impact would you predict on the wages and employment in manufacturing?b.How would these changes in the manufacturing labor market affect the supply of labor in the market for service workers?What would happen to the equilibrium wage and employment in this labor market?
When economists say that the demand for labor is a derived demand, they mean that it is...
A. dependent on government expenditures for public goods and services
B. related to the demand for the product or service labor is producing
C. based on the desire of businesses to exploit labor by paying below equilibrium wage rates
D. based on the assumption that workers are trying to maximize their money incomes.
Consider an economy with two labor markets: one for manufacturing workers and one for service workers. Suppose initially that neither is unionized.
Which of the following will happen to the manufacturing labor market if manufacturing workers formed a union? Check all that apply.
The wage of manufacturing workers will fall.
The demand for manufacturing workers will remain unchanged.
The supply of manufacturing workers will increase.
Some manufacturing workers will become unemployed.
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