Considering the following labor markets. A slightly different feature of labor markets is that employees are the suppliers of la
bor and firms are the demanders of labor. Assuming an identical inward shift of the demand curve, which market will cause a higher level of unemployment due to the demand shift, as measured by the number of jobs lost due to the demand shift (not the absolute number of jobs)? Note: We are assuming we are in an industry with market power. While this is not necessarily the best assumption for a labor market, it is reasonable in the presence of a strong labor union.
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The answer is market B or 2. This market a higher level of unemployment.
When elasticity of supply increases, we have it that the suppliers would have greater market power.
In market B, we have it that the elasticity of supply is bigger than that if A. This means that the supplier has more market power in this market than in market A.
Since the elasticity us greater in this market, then we would have change in unemployment due to a fall in demand to be more here than in A.
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The capacity of the lathe department is 3200 parts/week. The workers capacity is the bottleneck.
Explanation:
In this case we have to compare the machine capacity and the worker capacity, and detecting shich one is limitating the capacity of the department.
Machine capacity
The time it takes for a machine to process a batch is
In 40-hour week, every machine can process 2 batches/week.
With 20 machines, the capacity of the department is 2*20=40 batch/week (4000 pcs/week).
Workers capacity
With 40-hour week and 5-hours setup, every worker can make (40/5)=8 setups a week.
If the department has 4 workers, the amount of setups that can be done is 4*8=32 setups/week. That means that only 32 batches can be processed per week (3200 pcs/week).
The workers resource is the limitating capacity, and therefore the capacity of the lathe department.