Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Long-run costs and economies of scale

Long-run costs and economies of scale — practice question

The diagram illustrates how introducing a national minimum wage (MW) affects the labour market. What do the distances XY and YZ indicate?

  • AXY: increase in employed workers; YZ: redundant existing workers
  • BXY: redundant existing workers; YZ: unemployed new entrants
  • CXY: redundant existing workers; YZ: increase in employed workers
  • DXY: unemployed new entrants; YZ: redundant existing workers

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