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1. Labor market equilibrium is best characterized by:
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2. Which of the following affects a person's decision to
work?
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The price of consumption goods relative to the wage. |
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The person's income from non-labor sources. |
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How much the person enjoys working. |
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The amount of fringe benefits offered to the person. |
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All of the above affect a person's decision to work. |
3. Which of the following affects the wage a firm is willing to pay its workers?
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The productivity of workers. |
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Consumer demand for the goods and/or services that the firm creates. |
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The amount of fringe benefits the firm is required by law to pay. |
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The level of payroll taxes the firm must pay. |
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All of the above affect the wage a firm is willing to pay its workers. |
4. The market for economists in Greenland has recently experienced an increase in the number of economists employed and an increase in the wage of economists. What could explain such a change?
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The demand for economists recently increased while the supply of economists remained unchanged. |
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The demand for economists recently decreased while the supply of economists remained unchanged. |
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The demand for economists remained unchanged while the supply of economists increased. |
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The demand for economists remained unchanged while the supply of economists decreased. |
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The demand for economists recently decreased while the supply of economists recently increased. |
Solution 1
Answer is C.
Because labor market equilibrium is best achieved only when people are willing to work at wage only which ewuals number of workers which firms ready to hire and no profit no loss is achieved
Solution 2
Correct answer is E.
All of these because fringe benefit and inflation and work culture all influence decisions
Solution 3
Correct answer is E
Since all of these affect firms decisions to alter wages depending on consumer dekand and worker productivity as well as government regulations of payable taxes by employer.
Solution 4
Correct answer is A.
Because total number of employed economists ar enow more because of rising demand and hence mpre of them are employed however suppkyvof eceonomists remain unchanged .
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