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In a skilled labor market that is supply-constrained the rational thing to do might be to just go elsewhere.
by tengbretson 4y ago
In a skilled labor market that is supply-constrained the rational thing to do might be to just go elsewhere.
- munk-a 4y agoPotentially - the truly rational response is to incorporate the additional fees into your operating costs and if you're running a plumbing business those costs are going to be amortized across a whole lot of clients and might end up being pretty negligible. You'd likely see more stratification between the DC and adjacent markets though - some proportion of the plumbers based in Arlington might refuse to serve DC proper to avoid the fee (if it were somehow enforced on them, which seems difficult given they're relying on registration) - but that'd lower supply and possibly give plumbers who do remain in the DC market more command over their price. Either way, when you're talking about running a business, if a 500$ expense is going to break the bank you're probably teetering on the edge of insolvency anyways.