Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Wage determination

Wage determination — practice question

The diagram illustrates what happens when an effective national minimum wage (NMW) is introduced into a labour market with a profit maximising monopsonist employer. What effect does the NMW have on the deadweight welfare loss in this market?

  • AIt falls from RST to UVT.
  • BIt falls from RSVU to UVT.
  • CIt rises from UVT to RST.
  • DIt rises from UVT to RSVU.

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