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In the labour market, workers would like to receive higher wages and firms would like to pay lower wages a. suppose that workers succeed in having a minimum wage established above the equilibrium wage. what will happen to the number of workers employed compared to the original equilibrium? b. suppose that firms succeed in having a maximum wage established below the equilibrium wage. what will happen to the number of workers employed compared to the original equilibrium? 

          In the labour market, workers would like to receive higher wages and firms would like to pay lower wages
a. suppose that workers succeed in having a minimum wage established above the equilibrium wage. what will happen to the number of workers employed compared to the original equilibrium?
b. suppose that firms succeed in having a maximum wage established below the equilibrium wage. what will happen to the number of workers employed compared to the original equilibrium?
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In the labour market, workers would like to receive higher wages and firms would like to pay lower wages a. suppose that workers succeed in having a minimum wage established above the equilibrium wage. what will happen to the number of workers employed compared to the original equilibrium? b. suppose that firms succeed in having a maximum wage established below the equilibrium wage. what will happen to the number of workers employed compared to the original equilibrium?
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00:02 Here, first, when compared to original, when compared to original equilibrium, the number of workers employed will fall...
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