Binding Minimum-Wage Laws

question 37

Multiple Choice

Binding minimum-wage laws

• A) are most effective at alleviating poverty when labor demand is highly elastic.
• B) force a market imbalance between the supply and demand for labor.
• C) increase the efficiency of labor markets.
• D) are typically associated with a rise in employment among the poor.

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