When a Minimum Wage Is ________,The Firms' Surplus and Workers

question 110

Multiple Choice

When a minimum wage is ________,the firms' surplus and workers' surplus shrink,a deadweight loss ________,and resources are lost in job search.

• A) inefficient; arises
• B) inefficient; disappears
• C) efficient; arises
• D) efficient; disappears
• E) nonexistent; arises

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