An attempt to evaluate the minimum wage
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globals [
seed-used
]
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; DEFINE AGENTS IN THE MODEL
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breed [firms firm]
breed [workers worker]
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; AGENT'S ASSETS
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; FIRM'S ASSETS
firms-own [
f-production
technology
f-employees
f-capital
f-vacancy
f-wage-offer
f-init-tech
alpha
intensity
f-labor-cost
f-capital-cost
f-total-cost
f-unit-cost
f-unit-price
markup
f-inventory
f-revenue
f-profit
x-position
y-position
min-wage-inc
]
workers-own [
employed
w-pot-firms
w-firm
w-wage
income
mpc
w-savings
w-stores
w-stores-l
gini
wealth
]
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; SETUP
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to setup
clear-all
start-firms number-of-firms
start-workers number-of-workers
initialize-variables
firms-produce
labor-market-opens
reset-ticks
end
to initialize-variables
ask firms
[
set f-production 1
set technology 1
set f-employees no-turtles
set alpha random-float 1
set intensity 2 * ((alpha / (1 - alpha)) ^ 2)
set f-init-tech 1 + random-float 1
set markup 1 + random-float 1
set f-capital 100
set f-vacancy 0
set f-wage-offer min-wage
set f-labor-cost 0
set f-capital-cost 0
set f-inventory 0
set f-revenue 0
set f-profit 0
set min-wage-inc 0
]
ask workers
[
set employed false
set w-pot-firms no-turtles
set w-firm nobody
set mpc 0
set income 0
set w-savings 0
set gini 0
set w-stores no-turtles
set w-stores-l no-turtles
set wealth 0
]
end
to go
if (ticks >= 500
)
[stop]
goods-market
labor-market
ask firms
[
set technology (f-init-tech) * ( (1 + tech-progress) ^ (ln (1 + ticks) ) )
if (ticks >= 100) [set min-wage-inc min-wage-increase]
]
tick
end
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; MARKET'S ACTIONS
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to labor-market
labor-market-opens
end
to goods-market
firms-produce
workers-income
firms-revenue
firing-steps
end
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; AGENT'S ACTIONS
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; LABOR MARKET
to labor-market-opens
ask firms
[
set f-vacancy 12
]
let pot-firms firms with [f-vacancy > 0]
ask workers with [not employed]
[
ifelse (not empty? [w-firm] of w-pot-firms)
[set w-pot-firms (turtle-set w-firm n-of (3 - 1 ) pot-firms)]
[set w-pot-firms n-of (min (list 3 count pot-firms)) pot-firms]
]
hiring-step 2
ask workers with [not employed][
set w-wage 0
rt random 360
fd (random 4) + 1
]
ask firms
[
set label count f-employees
]
end
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; HIRING
to hiring-step [trials]
while [trials > 0]
[
ask workers with [not employed and any? w-pot-firms]
[
move-to max-one-of w-pot-firms [f-wage-offer]
]
ask firms with [f-vacancy > 0 ]
[
let pot-workers workers-here with [not employed]
let quantity count pot-workers
let workers-hired n-of (min list quantity f-vacancy) pot-workers
let wage-employees f-wage-offer
set f-employees (turtle-set f-employees workers-hired)
set f-vacancy f-vacancy - (count workers-hired)
ask f-employees with [not employed]
[
set color white
set employed true
set w-wage wage-employees
set w-firm firms-here
set w-pot-firms no-turtles
]
]
set trials trials - 1
ask workers with [not employed and any? w-pot-firms][
set w-pot-firms min-n-of min (list trials count w-pot-firms) w-pot-firms [f-wage-offer]
]
]
end
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; FIRM'S PRODUCTION
to firms-produce
ask firms
[
set f-production technology * ((count f-employees) ^ (1 - alpha)) * (f-capital ^ (alpha))
set f-capital-cost f-capital * 1
set f-total-cost f-labor-cost + f-capital-cost
set f-wage-offer min-wage + min-wage-inc + intensity
set f-labor-cost (count f-employees) * f-wage-offer
if f-production > 0 [
set f-unit-cost f-total-cost / f-production
]
if f-production = 0 [
set f-unit-cost 0
]
set f-unit-price f-unit-cost * markup
]
end
to workers-income
ask firms
[
let wage-stipend f-wage-offer
ask f-employees
[
set w-wage wage-stipend
]
]
ask workers[
ifelse w-wage >= (mean [w-wage] of workers)
[set mpc (mean [w-wage] of workers) / w-wage]
[set mpc (w-wage / (mean [w-wage] of workers))]
set income w-wage
let income-for-cons mpc * income
set w-savings income - income-for-cons
ifelse (any? turtle-set w-stores-l)
[
let id-store [who] of w-stores-l
set w-stores (turtle-set w-stores-l n-of ( min list (x2 - 1) count firms with [who != id-store] ) firms with [who != id-store])
]
[
set w-stores n-of ( min list x2 count firms ) firms
]
set w-stores-l max-one-of w-stores [f-production]
if (count w-stores != x2) [show (word "Number of my stores " count w-stores " who " who)]
buying-steps x2 income-for-cons
]
ask workers
[
set wealth w-savings
]
end
to buying-steps [trials money]
while [trials > 0 and money > 0]
[
let cheapest-store min-one-of w-stores [f-unit-price]
let possible-goods-to-buy min list money [f-inventory] of cheapest-store
set money money - possible-goods-to-buy
ask cheapest-store [
set f-inventory f-inventory - possible-goods-to-buy
]
ask [patch-here] of cheapest-store [
set pcolor blue
]
set trials trials - 1
set w-stores max-n-of trials w-stores [f-unit-price]
]
end
to firms-revenue
ask firms [
set f-revenue f-unit-price * (f-production - f-inventory)
set f-profit f-revenue - f-total-cost
]
end
to firing-steps
ask firms with [f-profit <= 0] [
ask f-employees [
set employed false
]
set f-production 0
set f-inventory 0
]
ask firms with [f-profit <= 0 ] [die]
end
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; VISUALIZATION
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to start-firms [#firms]
create-firms #firms [
set x-position random-pxcor * 0.8
set y-position random-pycor * 0.8
setxy x-position y-position
set color blue
set size 2
set shape "flag"
]
end
to start-workers [#workers]
create-workers #workers [
setxy random-pxcor random-pycor
set color yellow
set size 0.5
set shape "person"
]
end
to-report all-workers-savings
report [w-savings] of workers
end
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