Figure 4-6 shows that a payroll tax will be completely shifted to workers when the labor supply curve is perfectly inelastic. In this case, for example, a new \($2\) payroll tax will lower the wage by \($2,\) will not affect employment, and will not result in any deadweight loss. Suppose instead that labor supply is perfectly elastic at a wage of \($10.\) In this case, what would be the effect on wages, employment, and deadweight loss from a \($2\) payroll tax?

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