LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR ECONOMICS
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781260004724
Author: BORJAS
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Explain the amount of unemployment created by an increase in the minimum wage that depends on the elasticity of labor demand.

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