Ab 39
Economics
Transcribed Image Text:The following graph gives the labor market for the fast-food industry of the imaginary city of Combopolis.
Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph.
Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly.
WAGE (Dollars per hour)
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
+1+
I I
| |
II
Supply
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
LABOR (Hundreds of workers)
In this market, the equilibrium wage is $
OO
Demand
O True
Labor Demanded
Wage
(Dollars per hour) (Hundreds of workers)
6
14
O False
Graph Input Tool
Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry
Wage
(Dollars per hour)
Labor Demanded
(Hundreds of
workers)
Suppose the mayor of Combopolis introduces a legal minimum wage of $8 per hour. This type of price control is called a
8
300
per hour, and the equilibrium quantity of labor is
Labor Supplied
(Hundreds of workers)
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.
True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this labor market.
Labor Supplied
(Hundreds of
workers)
Pressure on Wages
(?)
200
hundred workers.
Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph.
Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly.
WAGE (Dollars per hour)
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
+1+
I I
| |
II
Supply
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
LABOR (Hundreds of workers)
In this market, the equilibrium wage is $
OO
Demand
O True
Labor Demanded
Wage
(Dollars per hour) (Hundreds of workers)
6
14
O False
Graph Input Tool
Market for Labor in the Fast Food Industry
Wage
(Dollars per hour)
Labor Demanded
(Hundreds of
workers)
Suppose the mayor of Combopolis introduces a legal minimum wage of $8 per hour. This type of price control is called a
8
300
per hour, and the equilibrium quantity of labor is
Labor Supplied
(Hundreds of workers)
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.
True or False: A minimum wage above $10 per hour is a binding minimum wage in this labor market.
Labor Supplied
(Hundreds of
workers)
Pressure on Wages
(?)
200
hundred workers.
