Scenario 18-6
Rocchetta Industries manufactures and supplies bottled water in Mexico. As a result of a contamination of water supplies at many of Mexico's resort communities, the demand for bottled water has increased.
-Refer to Scenario 18-6. When the labor market adjusts to its new equilibrium, we would expect the

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As the demand for bottled water increases, Rocchetta Industries will need to produce more water, leading to an increase in the demand for labor. This will result in an increase in the value of the marginal product of labor, as more workers will be needed to produce the additional water. This will push wages up and we would expect the value of the marginal product of labor to be higher than it was before the increase in demand for bottled water.

Scenario 18-6 Rocchetta Industries Manufactures and Supplies Bottled Water in Mexico. as Mexico