Evaluating a Government Training Program
A government is proposing a new policy to fund a nationwide worker training program. To pay for it, they will introduce a new tax on firms. Economic advisors have modeled the potential effects and have presented two competing outcomes:
- The training program is projected to increase average worker productivity, which, in isolation, would shift the price-setting curve upward by 5%.
- The new tax required to fund the program would, in isolation, shift the price-setting curve downward by 3%.
Based on this information, analyze the combined effect of the policy. What is the expected net impact on the equilibrium real wage and the level of employment? Justify your conclusion.
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