a. The government introduces a minimum wage of $5.50. Draw a horizontal line to identify the minimum wage on the graph. Instructions: Use the tool provided '$5.50' and plot the line over the entire range of output (0-10). Compared to unemployment at the equilibrium wage, unemployment will (Click to select) b. The government introduces a minimum wage of $6.50. Draw a horizontal line to identify the minimum wage on the graph. Instructions: Use the tool provided '$6.50' and plot the line over the entire range of output (0-10). Compared to unemployment at the equilibrium wage, unemployment will (Click to select) ☑. Assume the equilibrium wage rate is $6, as shown below. Wage $12 Tools $11 S $10 $5.50 $6.50 $9 $8 $7 $6 $5 $4 $3 $2 D $1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Labor

$1000) Average Incomes of Children with Low Income Parents (5) 9 50- 45- 40- 35- 30- 25- Upward Mobility versus Median Rent by Neighborhood Opportunity Bargains Normandy Parke 1,000 Central District 1,500 Median 2 Bedroom Rent 2,000 2,500 The image above displays the relationship between the cost of living as measured by the average rent of 2-bedroom housing, and income mobility as measured by the average income of children with low-income parents. Data for this image are from Seattle. Two neighborhoods are highlighted: Normandy Park and the Central District. Many people that receive housing vouchers would like to move to areas with high opportunities for their children, but assume those areas are too expensive. How do Normandy Park and the Central District illustrate the idea of *opportunity bargains"? there is a trade-off between the cost of living and higher income growth for the children. for families living in the Central District, Normand Park is more expensive to live in and has…

consumption (units/year) 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 leisure (weeks/year) Ron chooses how many weeks to work each year. His time endowment T is 50 weeks per year, which conveniently lies on the grid in the figure below. His wage rate (w) is $400 per week, the price of consumption (p) is $10 per unit, and he has no nonlabor income (i.e., y = 0). What is Ron's real wage? That is, if he works another week, how many more units of consumption does he enjay? units Leisure is said to be a normal good if indifference curves get steeper going up a vertical line drawn through the optimal choice for the highest possible indifference curves associated with changes in: O Non-labor income O All income O Labor income

so search Store Local Shoe Store Different Neighborhood in Town Rural Outlet Travel Time Each Way (Minutes) 15 30 60 Price of a Sandals (Dollars per sandals) 132 96 88 Ciana earns an hourly wage of $60 at her job. In order to purchase her sandals she will have to take time off work, so each hour away from her job costs her 500 in lost income. Assume that Ciana's travel time is the same each way (to and from the store) and that it will take her 30 minutes once she reaches a store to complete her shopping. Assume throughout the question that Ciana incurs no additional costs other than the sandals, such as Store Local Shoe Store Different Neighborhood in Town Rural Outlet Complete the following table by computing the opportunity cost of Ciana's time and the total cost of shopping at each location. Opportunity Cost of Time. (Dollars) Price of a Sandals (Dollars per sandals) 132 96 68 Total Cost (Dollars) Assume that Ciana considers both her opportunity costs and the price of sandals when…