Question #1ed27

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Sep 10, 2015

Equilibrium wage $.4

Explanation:

Qd=10000100W
Qs=2000+1900W
Equilibrium wage is determined when Qd=Qs
So we have -
10000100W=2000+1900W
Solve it for W
100W1900W=200010000
2000W=8000
W=80002000=4

Substitute W=4 in demand function
Qd=10000100(4)=10000400=9600

Equilibrium wage is $.4.
Equilibrium demand for and supply of workers is 9600.
Minimum wage fixed by the Government is $.5

[The government is not regulating the market forces after fixing the minimum wage. The market forces have their own course. The employers will move up along the supply curve and operate at point A. Then -]

At $.5 wage Qd=10000100(5)=) 9500 workers will be employed.

100 workers will lost their jobs.
This is how it alters the market.
The New payment to the workers is =9500×$5=$47500
The original wage payment is =9600×$4=$38400

[The minimum wage fixation is not conferring benefit on all. Some workers get more wages at the expense of others who lost their jobs.]
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