Explain What Effect a Decrease in Productivity Has on Wage-

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Essay

Explain what effect a decrease in productivity has on wage- setting behaviour, price- setting behaviour, the equilibrium real wage, the natural rate of unemployment, and the natural level of output.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The expense incurred from making an extra unit of a product or service.

Perfect Competitor

A hypothetical market condition characterized by an infinite number of small firms, homogeneous products, and free entry and exit from the market.

Monopolist

A monopolist is a single seller in a market with no close substitutes for the product or service, possessing significant control over market prices.

Single Seller

A market structure characterized by only one seller, often leading to monopoly conditions where the seller controls prices and supply.