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If labor is hired in a monopsonistic market, a minimum wage will always guarantee employment will increase.
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- I need help with #59 pleasearrow_forwardWhy do minimum wage laws cause unemployment? Explain, using a supply anddemand diagram.arrow_forwardConsider two provinces that adopt different laws concerning labour unions. The following graph shows the labour market in a province in the West. Initially, the market-clearing wage is $10 per hour. Suppose that the legislature in this western province passes laws that make it easy for workers to join a union. Through collective bargaining, the union negotiates a wage of $16 per hour. Use the black point (plus symbol) to show how many union workers will be employed at the $16 wage. (Hint: Be sure to place the point on the appropriate curve.) Labour Market in the West 20 18 Union Negotiations 16 14 Supply 12 10 2 Demand ㅇ 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 18 20 LABOUR (Millions of workers) The following graph shows the labour market in a province in Eastern Canada. The legislature in this province passes strong right-to-work laws that make it very difficult for unions to organize workers, so the wage is always equal to the market-clearing value. Except for this difference in legislation, the two…arrow_forward
- true or false? The entrance of more workers into a particular labor market is likely to drive down the wage in that marketarrow_forwardHow can both the union and the firm be better off by bargaining over the wage rate and employment rather than just the wage rate?arrow_forwardBy bargaining for higher wages, unions will likely reduce the quantity of labor demanded by employers unless.arrow_forward
- Describe what happens to quantity of labor supplied when wages are at the equilibrium level, above equilibrium, and below equilibrium.arrow_forwardA monopsonist's demand curve tor labor Is given by w = 12 - L. If she originally faced an AFC curve given by w = 2 + 2L, with corresponding MFC = 2+ 4L, how will her wage and employment offers be affected by the passage of a law requiring W ≥ 8? A law requiring ≥ 10? Please show your work.arrow_forward
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