A firm agreed to pay its workers $20 an hour in 2019 and $22 an hour in

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A firm agreed to pay its workers $20 an hour in 2019 and $22 an hour in 2020. The price level for these years was 256 in 2019 and 260 in 2020.

Calculate the real wage rate in each year. What is the increase in the real wage received by these workers in 2020??

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Economics

ISBN: 9781292433639

14th Global Edition

Authors: Michael Parkin

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