Microeconomics (2nd Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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Chapter 11, Problem 4P
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The optimality of Apple’s wage payment to its employees given their productivity.
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If the wage rate is $50.00 per day, Zippy will hire
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the number of workers it hires to hire
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A carpenter quits his job at a furniture factory to open his own cabinetmaking business. In his first two years of operation, his sales average $100 000 per year and his operating costs for wood, workshop and tool rental, utilities, and miscellaneous expenses average $70 000 per year. Now his old job at the furniture factory is again available. What is the lowest wage at which he should decide to return to his old job? Why?
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