A local coffee shop posts a job opening for a barista at a wage of $14 per hour and receives 10 applications. Seeking a larger applicant pool, they re-post the same job a month later at a wage of $17 per hour and receive 50 applications. Which statement provides the most accurate economic analysis of this outcome?
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