Your best friend receives a pay raise at her part-time job from 8 dollars to 10 dollars per hour.She used to work 20 hours per week,but now she decides to work 16 hours per week in order to spend more time studying economics.For this price range,her labor supply curve is

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The labor supply curve is backward sloping in this scenario because as the wage increases, she chooses to work fewer hours, indicating that the income effect outweighs the substitution effect.

Your Best Friend Receives a Pay Raise at Her Part-Time