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Competitive Labor Market in a
Competitve Product Market

Competitive Labor Market in an
Imperfectly Competitive Product Market

Monopsony

Union: Increase
Demand

Union: Craft
(Exclusive)

Union: Inclusive
(Industrial)

Union: Bilateral
Monopoly

Minimum Wage Traditional
Model:
employment decreases

Minimum Wage in a
Monopsony:
employment increases

Does the Minimum wage help the
poor?
YES if the demand for labor is
inelastic because total income increases from 0ADF to
0BCE

Does the Minimum wage help the
poor?
NO if demand for labor is elastic
because total income decreases from 0adf to 0bce

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