Macroeconomics (Book Only)
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ISBN: 9781285738314
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 1VQP
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Graphical representation of reduction in employment at minimum wage rate.
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The reduction in employment when the wage rate is set above the equilibrium is illustrated below:
In Figure 1, the horizontal axis represents the number of skilled labor and the vertical axis represents the wage rate. The equilibrium wage rate is at WE, where the demand and supply of labors is N1. If the minimum wage rate is increased above the equilibrium wage rate to WM, the supply of labor increases to N3 and the demand for labor reduces to N2 from N1. Thus, an increase in the minimum wage rate above the equilibrium wage rate will reduce the employment.
Economics Concept Introduction
Demand for labor: Demand for labor is defined as the quantity of labor demanded by the firms at different wage rates.
Supply of labor: Supply of labor refers tp the quantity of labor ready to work at the given wage rate.
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Macroeconomics (Book Only)
Ch. 4.1 - Prob. 1STCh. 4.1 - Prob. 2STCh. 4.1 - Prob. 3STCh. 4.2 - Prob. 1STCh. 4.2 - Prob. 2STCh. 4.2 - Prob. 3STCh. 4.3 - Prob. 1STCh. 4.3 - Prob. 2STCh. 4 - Prob. 1VQPCh. 4 - Prob. 2VQP
Ch. 4 - Prob. 3VQPCh. 4 - Prob. 4VQPCh. 4 - Prob. 5VQPCh. 4 - Prob. 1QPCh. 4 - Prob. 2QPCh. 4 - Prob. 3QPCh. 4 - Prob. 4QPCh. 4 - Prob. 5QPCh. 4 - Prob. 6QPCh. 4 - Prob. 7QPCh. 4 - Prob. 8QPCh. 4 - Prob. 9QPCh. 4 - Prob. 10QPCh. 4 - Prob. 11QPCh. 4 - Prob. 1WNGCh. 4 - Prob. 2WNGCh. 4 - Prob. 3WNGCh. 4 - Prob. 4WNGCh. 4 - Prob. 5WNGCh. 4 - Prob. 6WNG
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