Figure 18-4
The graph below illustrates the market for nurses who work in doctors' offices.
-Refer to Figure 18-4. Each August many students entering college for the first time visit a doctor's office to have an MMR booster vaccine. If a new labor-saving technology exists that allows robots to administer the vaccine quickly and accurately, what happens in the market for nurses?
A)Demand increases from D1 to D2.
B)Demand decreases from D2 to D1.
C)Supply increases from S1 to S2.
D)Supply decreases from S2 to S1.

Question

Figure 18-4
The graph below illustrates the market for nurses who work in doctors' offices. 
-Refer to Figure 18-4. Each August many students entering college for the first time visit a doctor's office to have an MMR booster vaccine. If a new labor-saving technology exists that allows robots to administer the vaccine quickly and accurately, what happens in the market for nurses?
A)Demand increases from D1 to D2. 
B)Demand decreases from D2 to D1. 
C)Supply increases from S1 to S2. 
D)Supply decreases from S2 to S1.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The introduction of a new labor-saving technology that allows robots to administer the vaccine quickly and accurately would decrease the demand for nurses who primarily administer MMR booster vaccines in doctors' offices. As a result, the demand curve for nurses would shift leftward from D2 to D1. This means that at any given wage rate, fewer nurses will be employed.

Figure 18-4 The Graph Below Illustrates the Market for Nurses Who Work