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The following graph shows the labor market in the fast-food industry in the fictional town of Supersize City. In a labor market, workers supply their labor to the market in exchange for wages, and their behavior is represented by the supply curve. Similarly, firms pay wages to obtain labor, and thus their behavior is represented by the demand curve. In this way, wages are the price of labor.
(a). For each of the wages listed in the following table, determine the quantity of labor demanded, the quantity of labor supplied, and the direction of pressure exerted on wages in the absence of any price controls.
(b). True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this market. (Hint: Economists call a minimum wage that prevents the labor market from reaching equilibrium a binding minimum wage.)

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Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry
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18
I Wage
(Dollars per hour)
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Supply
Labor Demanded
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Labor Supplied
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workers)
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Demand
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WAGE (Dollars per hour)
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Transcribed Image Text:For each of the wages listed in the following table, determine the quantity of labor demanded, the quantity of labor supplied, and the direction of
pressure exerted on wages in the absence of any price controls.
Wage
Labor Demanded
Labor Supplied
(Dollars per hour)
(Thousands of workers)
(Thousands of workers)
Surplus or Shortage of Labor
Pressure on Wages
14
6
Upward
True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this market. (Hint: Economists call a r Downward
that prevents
the labor market from reaching equilibrium a binding minimum wage.)
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