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Table 2 Wage rate (indollars) Quantity demanded quantitysupplied 5.00 600 300 5.

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Table 2

Wage rate (indollars)             Quantity demanded      quantitysupplied

5.00                                        600                                         300

5.50                                        500                                         350

6.00                                        400                                         400

6.50                                        300                                         450

7.00                                        200                                         500

7.50                                        100                                         550

Table 2 shows the demand and the supply schedules for thestudent workers at on campus venues

What is the equilbrum wage rate of students workers and what isthe equilibrium number of students employed

Is the market of student workers at on campus venuesefficient

If the college introduces a min wage of 5.50 an hour how manystudents are employed at on campus venues and how many areunemployed ?

If the college introduces a minimum wage of 6.50 an hour, howmany students are employed at on campus venues and how many areunemployed

Is the min wage of 6.50 an hour efficient . is it fair

Who gains and who loses from the min wage of 6.50 an hour

Explanation / Answer

b efficiency is the property of a resource allocation of maximizing the totalsurplus received by all members of society . Free markets allocate the supply of goods to the buyers who valuethem most highly, as measured by their willingness to pay. . Free markets allocate the demand for goods to the sellers who canproduce them at least cost so at the equilibrium price the market is efficient