Consider a Kenyan labor market with the following demand and supply functions respectively: QD = 200 – W AND and QS = 120 + W; 4- in; where QD is quantity of labour demanded; QD is quantity of labor supplied and w• is the wage rate is USD in the market.Suppose the Kenya government introduces a minimum wage of USD 100 in this market, calculate the unemployment rate caused by the minimum wage in the economy

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  1. Consider a Kenyan labor market with the following demand and supply functions respectively:

QD = 200 – W AND and QS = 120 + W; 4- in; where QD is quantity of labour demanded;

QD is quantity of labor supplied and w• is the wage rate is USD in the market.Suppose the Kenya government introduces a minimum wage of USD 100 in this market, calculate the unemployment rate caused by the minimum wage in the economy 

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