Union A faces a demand curve in which a wage of $4 per hour leads to demand
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Union A faces a demand curve in which a wage of $4 per hour leads to demand for 20,000 person-hours, and a wage of $5 per hour leads to demand for 10,000 personhours.
Union B faces a demand curve in which a wage of $6 per hour leads to demand for 30,000 person-hours, whereas a wage of $5 per hour leads to demand for 33,000 person-hours.
a. Which union faces the more elastic demand curve?
b. Which union will be more successful in increasing the total income (wages times person-hours) of its membership?
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Modern Labor Economics Theory And Public Policy
ISBN: 9780132540643
11th Edition
Authors: Ronald Ehrenberg, Robert Smith
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