The economic analysis of minimum wage involves both normative and positive analysis. Consider the following consequences of a minimum wage:
a. The minimum wage law causes unemployment.
b. A minimum wage law benefits some groups and hurts others.
c. In some cities such as San Francisco and New York, it would be impossible for low-skilled workers to live comfortably in the city without minimum wage laws.
d. The gains to winners of a minimum wage law should be valued more highly than the losses to losers because the latter primarily comprises businesses.
Which of the consequences above are positive statements and which are normative statements?
A) a, b, and c are positive statements and d is a normative statement.
B) a and b are positive statements, c and d are normative statement.
C) Only a is a positive statement, b, c, and d are normative statements.
D) a and c are positive statements, b and d are normative statements.
Answer: B
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A) total quantity of the other good by the total quantity of the good whose opportunity cost we're calculating. B) decrease in the quantity of the other good by the increase in the quantity of the good whose opportunity cost we're calculating. C) price of the good whose opportunity cost we are calculating by the number of units of the other good that are forgone. D) total quantity of that good by the total quantity of other good. E) increase in the quantity of that good by the decrease in the quantity of other good.
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