Deconstructing Labor Market Shifts and Inequality
An economy experiences a rise in platform-based work, which reduces workers' ability to bargain for wages, and simultaneously, the firms operating these platforms gain more power in their markets. Within the wage-setting and price-setting framework, explain how each of these two developments independently affects the labor market equilibrium. Then, describe the combined effect on the real wage and overall income inequality.
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