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Themember4

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Describe the effect education and training have on outcomes in the labor market.
 
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Question 2

The figure above provides information about Light-U-Up Utilities, which is a natural monopoly that provides electricity. What is the area of deadweight loss when Light-U-Up produces the unregulated, profit-maximizing level of output?
 
  A) abd
  B) acg
  C) deg
  D) There is no deadweight loss.



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Answer to Question 1

Education and training affect both the supply and demand sides of the labor market. On the supply side, because education and training takes time and money to acquire, the number of people available for high-skilled work is less than those available for low-skilled work. As a result, the supply curve of high-skilled labor is left of the supply curve of low-skilled labor.
On the demand side, education and training increases the productivity of workers, giving them a higher value of marginal product. The higher value of marginal product means that the demand curve for high-skilled labor lies right of the demand curve for low-skilled labor.
With a decrease in supply and an increase in demand, the wage rate for high-skilled workers is higher than the wage rate for low-skilled workers. The effect on the quantity of labor employed, however, is indeterminate..

Answer to Question 2

B



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