The table shows the demand and supply schedules for student workers at on-campus venues. If the college introduces a strictly enforced minimum wage of $11.50 an hour,
who gains and who loses from the minimum wage, and is the campus labor market efficient or fair?
The workers who retain their jobs and are paid the higher wage rate gain from the minimum wage. The employer, the workers who lose their job, and workers who must undertake extensive search for a job lose from the minimum wage. The minimum wage of $11.50 an hour is not ef-ficient. There is a surplus of workers and the marginal benefit to firms ex-ceeds the marginal cost to workers. A deadweight loss is created. The minimum wage is unfair under the "fair results" approach because some student workers lose their jobs. The minimum wage is unfair under the "fair rules" approach because it blocks voluntary exchange.
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a. its standard of living will fall b. its standard of living will improve c. some of its resources will become unemployed d. it will be able to produce more of some other good or service e. the opportunity cost of producing health care will rise
After a binding price floor becomes effective, a
a. smaller quantity of the good is bought and sold. b. a larger quantity of the good is demanded. c. a smaller quantity of the good is supplied. d. All of the above are correct.