If the Minimum Wage Is Set Above the Equilibrium Wage

question 269

Multiple Choice

If the minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage, a supply and demand diagram of the low-skilled labor market will show unemployment as

• A) a vertical distance.
• B) a horizontal distance.
• C) the area of a rectangle.
• D) the area of a triangle.

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