In: Economics
Suppose a single firm has the marginal revenue product schedule for a particular type of labor given in the following table.
Number of units of labor | MRP of labor |
---|---|
1 | $16 |
2 | 15 |
3 | 14 |
4 | 13 |
5 | 12 |
6 | 11 |
7 | 10 |
8 | 9 |
(a) Assume there are 200 firms with the same marginal-revenue-product schedules for this particular type of labor. Compute the total or market demand for this labor by completing column 1 in the table below.
(1) Quantity of labor demanded |
(2) Wage rate |
(3) Quantity of labor supplied |
---|---|---|
_____ | $16 | 1100 |
_____ | 15 | 1000 |
_____ | 14 | 900 |
_____ | 13 | 800 |
_____ | 12 | 700 |
_____ | 11 | 600 |
_____ | 10 | 500 |
_____ | 9 | 400 |
Labor Quantity (200 firms):
(b) What will be the equilibrium wage rate and how
many workers will be hired?
Wage Rate: $
Quantity:
workers
(c) What will be the marginal labor cost and wage
rate for the individual firm?
Marginal Labor Cost: $
Wage Rate: $
(d) How many workers will the firm employ?
workers
(e) How would the imposition of a $15 minimum wage
rate change the total amountof labor hired in this market?
(Increase/Decrease)
by
workers