At taylor activewear, orders have significantly exceeded projections, and macon, the operations director, has decided to hire for a third shift in the plant. macon is clearly operating with the use of a(n) budget.

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate. a. after a long search, jon finds a job. b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed. c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires. d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom. e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working. f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job. g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement. h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.

The cost of direct labor used in production is recorded as a? a. credit to work-in-process inventory account. b. credit to wages payable. c. credit to manufacturing overhead account. d. credit to wages expense.