An individual worker's labor supply curve slopes backward if that person responds to a lower opportunity cost of leisure by working fewer hours per week.
true or false
An increase in the number of women willing to work in the labor markets instead of staying at home with children would cause the labor supply curve to shift to the right.
true or false
Ceteris paribus, a decrease in the wage rate for community college instructors would cause the labor supply curve of community college instructors to shift to the left.
true or false
a) False, as the wages increase the opportunity cost of leisure will also increase in the market.
b) True, as the labor force in the market increase and the supply of the labor increase this will shift the labor supply curve to the right as more and more people will be available to work at the given wages.
c) False, it will only cause a movement along the supply curve not shift the supply curve itself.
An individual worker's labor supply curve slopes backward if that person responds to a lower opportunity...
7. Over the backward bending portion of the labour supply curve, a. The substitution effect of a wage change dominates the income effect. b. The wage elasticity of labour supply is positive. c. Leisure becomes an inferior good. d. The wage elasticity of labour supply is negative. 8. Identify the truthfulness of the following statements: 1. The substitution effect of a wage change is ambiguous in its direction. II. Direction of the income effect depends on whether the good is...
11)A supply curve that is horizontally sloped is an accurate representation of the law of supply given ceteris paribus when only price changes for a good is a: (a)False statement (b)True statement (c)More information needed to respond (d)All of the above (12)Positive economic analysis deals with_________________________ and normative economic analysis deals with_____________________ (a)What should be, what is (b)What is, what ought to be (c)Fiction, fact (d)Positive things, negative things (13)If given ceteris paribus there is a positive correlation between annual...
Labor Economics, multiple choice questions
1. In the leisure-income model, the wage constraint shows a. the points that maximize a worker's utility b. all points that are equally preferred c. the wage rates that affect work decisions d. the available combinations of leisure and income 2. The slope of a wage constraint reflects the: a. rate at which a person is willing to substitute leisure for income c. income effect b. price of leisure d. substitution effect 3. When a...
According to the marginal productivity theory of distribution, a) the market labor supply curve bends backward. b) labor distributes work hours evenly between the income and substitution effects. c) each input receives a payment equal to its marginal revenue product. d) as the wage rises in a particular profession, fewer people want to work in this profession because of the income effect Which of the following situations is a monopsomy? a) The buyer is a price searcher. b) The seller...
Labor Economics
9. Phil's wage increases and Phil responds by working more hours. Which of the following could explain this? a. Phil's substitution effect is larger than his income effect b. Phil views leisure as an inferior good. c. Phil's income effect is larger than his substitution effect d. Both b and c f. Phil died, but was brought back to life with an alien serum in a plot twist no one saw because they gave up after episode 5....
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...
1)Farming in poor countries is considered to be: labor intensive. production intensive. capital intensive. cost intensive. 2) All of the following are true of the labor-supply and labor-demand curves intersection except they: intersect at the profit-maximizing quantity for the firms in the market. intersect at the revenue-maximizing quantity for the firms in the market. only intersect once. intersect at the equilibrium wage. 3) In general, economists place all factors of production into which three categories? Land, labor, and capital Technology,...
One day su 100 del Price in Passes sold Passes sold Type of Price in Total Total 2010 2011 in 2010 in Revenue Revenue 2011 2010 2011 $22 32,000 1999 $152.000 $439,758 200 15000 Annual 9500 $1,500,000 $1,900,000 1. You have been assigned by the mayor to rise the rent on park district courses in order to generate more revenue. The tennis courts are located in an area where real estate serves at a premium and there is always activity...
1. Which of the following is not a property of the aggregate demand curve? It shows the relationship between the overall price level and level consumption. It shows the price level on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis. The aggregate demand curve slopes downward. It shows the relationship between the overall price level and the level of total demand. 2. When the price level increases people: feel more wealthy. have the same real value of assets, regardless...
1. Suppose you make silver jewelry. If the price of silver wire (a raw material) falls, we would expect you to: a. be willing and able to produce less jewelry than before at each possible price. b. be willing and able to produce more jewelry than before at each possible price. c. face a greater demand for your jewelry. d. face a weaker demand for your jewelry. _____ 2. Consider the market for portable air conditioners, initially in equilibrium. When...