A firm is considering moving from the United States to Mexico. The firm pays its U.S. workers

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A firm is considering moving from the United States to Mexico. The firm pays its U.S. workers $30 per hour. Current U.S. workers have a marginal product of forty, whereas the Mexican workers have a marginal product of ten. How low would the Mexican wage have to be for the firm to reduce its wage cost per unit of output by moving to Mexico?

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Economics Private And Public Choice

ISBN: 9780357133996

17th Edition

Authors: James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

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