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Minimum wage
Explain the effect of setting a minimum wage in contrast to equilibrium wage rate on level of unemployment. Explain in one sentence.
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Setting a minimum wage above the equilibrium wage rate leads to an increase in unemployment as it creates a surplus of labor where the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at that higher wage.
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