WS-PS Model Conditions for Favorable Labor Market Outcomes
According to the Wage-Setting/Price-Setting (WS-PS) model, achieving favorable labor market outcomes like low unemployment and high real wage growth requires a specific combination of factors. A successful economy is characterized by conditions that shift the price-setting (PS) curve upward, leading to a higher equilibrium real wage, while also keeping the wage-setting (WS) curve sufficiently low to support high levels of employment.
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