Answer : The answer is option A.
If women's labor force participation increase then the supply of women labor increase. This shift the women labor supply curve to rightward. As a result, the women's relative wage rate will fall. Therefore, option A is correct.
Suppose that there is a sudden increase in women's labor force participation, in a model of...
4 Suppose that the civilian non-institutional working age population is 244,863, the civilian labor force 155,654, and the employment to population ratio 58.6%. a)What is the unemployment rate? b What is the labor force participation rate? c) If the civilian non-institutional population grows by 1% over the next year and the labor force participation rate remains constant, how many jobs must be created over the next year to leave the unemployment rate unchanged? d) If there is no change in...
Gender Gap "Do you think that women's participation to the labor force influences inequality between the sexes? " Use your own words and be sure to support your statements with logic and arguments.please write 250 words
An increase in the employment-to-population ratio would O cause the labor force participation rate to increase. cause aggregate hours to decrease. cause aggregate hours to increase. O cause the labor force participation rate to decrease. O have no effect on aggregate hours.
8. Suppose that employers in the United States have discriminatory preferences against Mexican immigrants. All else equal, as the number of discriminatory firms decrease over time, the theory of preference-based discrimination would predict that: (A The relative wages of Mexican immigrants would increase. B. The relative wages of Mexican immigrants would decrease. C. The relative wages of Mexican immigrants would stay the same. D. The change in the relative wage of Mexican immigrants would depend on whether Mexican immigrants are...
Question 13 1pts Suppose that the labor market for low skill jobs in California is close to a competitive labor market. Many of low skill labor are from Mexico and Central America. Some politicians are considering restricting immigration from these countries. This would cause a decrease in the supply of labor leading to an increase in the equilibrium wage and an increase in the equilibrium quantity of labor employed. a decrease in the supply of labor leading to an increase...
2. Labor Force Participation 75 % #Unemployed =50 million #Working Age Population 200 Million A) Calculate: #Employed, #Labor Force, #Not in Labor Force and Unemployment Rate B) If the economy was in recession and is now starting an expansion would we expect unemployment to increase or decrease? Which types of unemployment should change? C) The next unemployment numbers are reported and unemployment rises, is this consistent with your estímate in B? Explain why the increase in unemployment may be due...
Refer to the following diagram of a competitive labor
market.
Suppose the wage is currently W3 and L1 is the level of employment.
Then we should expect the wage to
rise and employment to rise.
fall and employment to fall.
rise and employment to fall.
fall and employment to rise.
Suppose that because of a sudden increase in life expectancy, a lot of people decide to save more for what they expect to be a longer retirement. This will ... shift the demand for loanable funds to the right causing the interest rate to rise. shift the demand for loanable funds to the left causing the interest rate to fall. shift the supply of loanable funds to the left causing the interest rate to rise. shift the supply of loanable...
Answer the questions about trends in labor force participation. Which is not a reason for the decreased rate of labor force participation among men in the United States since the 1940s? Companies are subject to federally imposed quotas of how many men they can hire. O Men are spending a longer time in school. O Men are retiring younger. OIt is easier to get disability insurance payments than it used to be. Which is not a reason for the increased...
opic: Gender Gap "Do you think that women's participation to the labor force influences inequality between the sexes? " Use your own words and be sure to support your statements with logic and arguments. Post your initial response early, and check back often to continue the discussion. Be sure to respond to at least two of your classmates.