The following table is for a purely competitive market for resources. Number of Total Workers Product Product Price 0 0 $3 1 16 2 26 MM 3 3 3 34 3 4 40 3 5 ST 44 3 At a wage rate of $23 per worker, the firm will choose to employ

Table 14.10 shows levels of employment (Labor), the marginal product at each of those levels, and the price at which the film can sell output in the perfectly competitive market where it operates. What is the value of the marginal product at each level of labor? If the firm operates in a perfectly competitive labor market where the going market wage is 12, what is the films profit maximizing level of employment?

What is the marginal cost of labor?

What is the marginal cost of labor for a firm that operates in a competitive labor market? How does this compare with the MCL for a monopsony?