Draw the graph · Micro · Labor market
Immigration adds workers
Dlabor demand
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Slabor supply
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Drag a curve sideways, or use its arrows. A curve you do not move is a curve you are saying stays put. Make each shift clear enough that a reader could see it.
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Labor demand stays put. Labor supply shifts right.
The number of workers is a supply-side factor in the labor market. With more people willing to work at every wage, labor supply shifts right. Labor demand has not changed. The lower wage moves builders down along their demand curve, and they hire more.
The wage falls and employment rises.
Common mistake. A common error is to shift labor demand right because 'more people get hired.' More are hired because the wage fell. The new workers moved supply.
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Every prompt here is one shift. The course chains them: a lesson on why the curve moves, a graded drawing, and spaced review that brings back the shifts you get wrong.