Questions: Wages getting stuck above the equilibrium wage is one of the causes of unemployment

The answer is the first one: unemployment.

Explanation for each option:

1. Unemployment: When wages are stuck above the equilibrium wage, it means that the wage rate is higher than what the market can sustain for full employment. This can lead to a surplus of labor, as employers are not willing to hire as many workers at the higher wage rate, resulting in unemployment. This is a common explanation in labor economics for why unemployment can persist even in a healthy economy.

2. Inflation: While high wages can contribute to inflationary pressures by increasing production costs, the direct cause of inflation is generally related to the overall increase in prices across the economy, often due to demand-pull or cost-push factors. Wages being stuck above equilibrium is not a direct cause of inflation.

3. Overemployment: This term is not commonly used in economic discussions. Overemployment would imply a situation where there are more jobs than workers, which is not typically caused by wages being above equilibrium. In fact, higher-than-equilibrium wages would likely reduce the number of jobs available, not increase them.

In summary, wages being stuck above the equilibrium wage primarily leads to unemployment.