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Impact of a Uniform Wage Policy
In a specific industry, there is a wide disparity in efficiency and output per worker among firms. The government decides to implement a single, high minimum wage for all workers in this industry. This new wage is above the profit margin for the least efficient firms but is easily affordable for the most efficient firms. Analyze the likely short-term outcome for both the low-productivity and high-productivity firms as a result of this policy.
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