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* 2. Firm A produces widgets using both skilled and unskilled labor, which we consider different factors of production. Although skilled workers in every labor market can typically find a job, the unemployment rate amongst unskilled workers is relatively high. To fix this problem and lower the unemployment rate of unskilled workers, the government has created twin proposals. Your job is to help them in considering which proposal to implement. \begin{itemize} \item Proposal 1: subsidize firms in the various markets where unskilled labor is hired \item Proposal 2: subsidize the hiring of unskilled workers - this lowers the wage paid to these workers without lowering the amount of income that unskilled workers receive \end{itemize} a. Show how you would use the isoquant/isocost model to derive firm A's demand curve for unskilled labor. b. Consider the effect of the two proposals above on firm A, and use the isoquant/isocost model to analyze the effect of both proposals on the skilled-unskilled labor ratio. Use this analysis to recommend a proposal.

          * 2. Firm A produces widgets using both skilled and unskilled labor, which we consider different factors of production. Although skilled workers in every labor market can typically find a job, the unemployment rate amongst unskilled workers is relatively high. To fix this problem and lower the unemployment rate of unskilled workers, the government has created twin proposals. Your job is to help them in considering which proposal to implement.
\begin{itemize}
    \item Proposal 1: subsidize firms in the various markets where unskilled labor is hired
    \item Proposal 2: subsidize the hiring of unskilled workers - this lowers the wage paid to these workers without lowering the amount of income that unskilled workers receive
\end{itemize}
a. Show how you would use the isoquant/isocost model to derive firm A's demand curve for unskilled labor.
b. Consider the effect of the two proposals above on firm A, and use the isoquant/isocost model to analyze the effect of both proposals on the skilled-unskilled labor ratio. Use this analysis to recommend a proposal.

* 2. Firm A produces widgets using both skilled and unskilled labor, which we consider different factors of production. Although skilled workers in every labor market can typically find a job, the unemployment rate amongst unskilled workers is relatively high. To fix this problem and lower the unemployment rate of unskilled workers, the government has created twin proposals. Your job is to help them in considering which proposal to implement.

* Proposal 1: subsidize firms in the various markets where unskilled labor is hired

* Proposal 2: subsidize the hiring of unskilled workers - this lowers the wage paid to these workers without lowering the amount of income that unskilled workers receive

a. Show how you would use the isoquant/isocost model to derive firm A's demand curve for unskilled labor.
b. Consider the effect of the two proposals above on firm A, and use the isoquant/isocost model to analyze the effect of both proposals on the skilled-unskilled labor ratio. Use this analysis to recommend a proposal.

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