A Union Cares Both About What Its Members Are Paid

question 19

Essay

A union cares both about what its members are paid and the number of jobs held by its members.Suppose that the union sets a wage level that maximizes its utility level subject to the constraint that the resulting wage/employment combination must lie on the labor demand curve (call this the monopoly union outcome).Is the monopoly union outcome efficient? Why or why not? Illustrate your answer graphically.

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