You Work for an Unemployment Agency That Distributes Unemployment Checks

question 37

Essay

You work for an unemployment agency that distributes unemployment checks to unemployed workers in your state.Your boss recently learned that the President proposed a 21 percent increase in the minimum wage, and wants you to provide her with an estimate of the number of additional workers who will file for unemployment compensation claims next year if the bill passes.Based on library research at a nearby university, you learn that about 200,000 workers in your state earn at or below the current minimum wage.Further library research turns up a study that reports the own price elasticity of demand for minimum wage earners to be -0.30.Based on your findings, how many additional workers do you think will file unemployment claims in your state?

Describe methods to engage various groups in the decision process, highlighting the benefits of brainstorming and focus groups.

Acknowledge the limitations and biases inherent in human decision-making, including groupthink and misallocation of resources.

Understand different decision-making models and their characteristics.

Identify the impacts of psychological phenomena on managerial decision-making.

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Brain Development

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