3. The table below 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. Quantity Of Workers Demanded Quantity of Workers Supplied Wage Per Hour $14 12,000 6,000 $16 10,000 7,000 $18 8,000 8,000 $20 6,000 9,000 $22 4,000 10,000 $24 2,000 11,000 a. What would the equilibrium wage and quantity be in this market if no union existed? b. 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? 374 words m Stater) 263%

14. Wage $7.25 56.50 D C I 50,000 SMC DAMB Minimum wage a(number of workers) 75,000 10,000 The figure above shows a labor market. After a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is imposed, employment equals workers. a 40,000 b. 50,000 € 90,000 d. 75,000

Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly. WAGE (Dollars per hour) 20 18 16 14 12 10 2 0 Supply Demand 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 LABOR (Hundreds of workers) Graph Input Tool Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry Wage (Dollars per hour) Labor Demanded (Hundreds of workers) 6 500 Labor Supplied (Hundreds of workers) ? 0

At a wage of $26 per hour, the firm employs 55,000 of hours of labor per week. If the wage would increase to $30 per hour, the firm would employ 45,000 hours of labor per week. What is the elasticity of labor demand?    a. -1.4   b. -0.7     c. -1.18   d. -0.8

Chapter 06 News Analysis: Should the Minimum Wage Increase? 15 Labor Market WAGE (Dollars per hour) 12 0 0 200 400 600 Labor Supply + Wage Rate (Dollars per hour) $11.7 Labor Demanded 220 Labor Supplied 780 (Thousands of workers) (Thousands of workers) Surplus Labor 560 (Thousands of workers) Labor Demand Labor Demand Shifters Tax Credit 0 (Dollars per hour) 800 1000 QUANTITY (Thousands of workers) Suppose the minimum wage in this economy is $11.70 per hour. An unemployed worker is defined as someone who is willing to work at the prevailing wage but is unable to find employment. Because the minimum wage lies above the equilibrium wage, it is binding, which means it is also the prevailing wage. If the wage is not allowed to fall below $11.70 per hour, the size of the unskilled labor force is workers are considered unemployed. workers, and unskilled The unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed workers in the labor force: Unemployment Rate = Labor Force Unemployed x…