a. Suppose the New York minimum wage rate had been raised to $7.25 an hour in 2007

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a. Suppose the New York minimum wage rate had been raised to $7.25 an hour in 2007 and the demand for and supply of labor were as shown in Fig. 1 on p. 145. Describe the situation in the Buffalo-Niagara region labor market.
b. How does Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver want to change the New York minimum wage law?
c. How would Mr. Silver's proposal change the minimum wage in 2013 and 2014 and how would you expect the labor market to be influenced by the changes you've described?
d. Draw a graph of the Buffalo-Niagara region labor market in 2014 to illustrate your answer to part (c).
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0133019940

11th edition

Authors: Michael Parkin

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