Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Wage determination

Wage determination — practice question

A government steps in to increase the pay of a group of workers in order to stop them being exploited. In what situation could this kind of government intervention be justified?

  • Ain an industry that is protected by tariffs on imports from abroad
  • Bin an industry where a trade union negotiates wages for the workers
  • Cin an industry where the output is produced by a single firm monopolist
  • Din an industry where workers are employed by a monopsonist

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