ECON 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Efficiency Wage, Absenteeism

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9 Jul 2020
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Unemployment can occur because of minimum wage laws: If the minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage in the labor market, a surplus of labor (unemployment) will occur. While minimum wage laws are one reason unemployment exists in the u. s. economy, it does not affect everyone. Minimum wage laws primarily affect the least skilled and the least experienced members of the labor force, such as teenagers. Any time a wage is kept above the equilibrium level for. Unions and collective bargaining any reason, the result is unemployment. Def: union a worker association that bargains with employers over wages and working conditions. Def: collective bargaining the process by which unions and firms agree on the terms of employment. Unions try to negotiate for higher wages, better benefits, and better working conditions than the firm would offer if there were no union. Union workers typically earn 10-20% more the similar workers not in unions.

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