Labor Output MPL APL 1 225 300 3 300 4 1140 225 225

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WAGE (Dollars per hour) 15 Labor Supply 12 0 200 400 600 Labor Demand 900 1000 QUANTITY (Thousands of workers) Graph Input Tool Labor Market Wage Rate (Dollars per hour) Labor Demanded (Thousands of workers) $11.1 260 Labor Supplied (Thousands of workers) 740 480 Surplus Labor (Thousands of workers) Labor Demand Shifters Tax Credit (Dollars per hour) ° ? Suppose the minimum wage in this economy is $11.10 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 $11.10 per hour, the size of the unskilled labor force is workers are considered unemployed. The unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed workers in the labor force: Unemployment Rate = Unemployed Labor Force x 100 workers, and unskilled At a minimum wage of $11.10 per hour, the…

Real Wage Number of Workers Demanded Labor Force Participation Rate 60  120,000,000 30% 70  110,000,000 35% 80  100,000,000 40% 90  90,000,000 45% 100 80,000,000 50% 110  70,000,000 55% 120 60,000,000 60% 130 50,000,000 65% 140 40,000,000 70% 150 30,000,000 75% 160  20,000,000 80% 170    10,000,000 85% Ignore everything that happened in the previous questions. We know that supply of labor can increase either because of an increase in labor force participation rate or an increase in civilian population. We saw the effect of the former above. This question is about the latter. The table above shows some pieces of information about the labor market condition in a country. It shows the number of workers demanded in the country at different levels of real wage. It also shows the labor force participation rates at those real wage levels. For example, if the real wage is 60, only 30% of the civilian population will participate in the labor force. If the real wage is…

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