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Please Answer Question 2 Only
You have been contracted by the government of your country to...
Please Answer Question 2 Only
You have been contracted by the government of your country to
provide recommendations on the regulation of the national textile
industry. Currently, the textile industry which resembles features
of the perfectly competitive market is completely unregulated.
Using the concepts covered in the class, please provide your advice
to the problems below.
- One of the biggest social problems in the textile industry is
child labour which, among other things, reduces school attendance.
The government is considering two types of interventions and asked
you to explain the process through which each of them affects the
equilibrium amount of child labour and wages using words (explain
the impact on demand and/or quantity demanded, supply, and/or
quantity supplied as appropriate) and include well-labelled
graphs.
a. Provide rewards for children who attend school [2pt]
b. Impose fines on employers who employ children [2pt]
- Consider how own price elasticity of labour demand and supply
affects the market outcomes for both policies. In addition to
writing your answer in words, use well-labelled graphs to support
your answer. Please draw new graphs, rather than using those from
question 1.
a. How does own price elasticity of demand impact the effects of
providing children who attend school with rewards on prices and the
amount of child labour? [2pt]
b. How does the elasticity of supply impact the effectiveness of
a fine on the employers who employ children? [2pt]