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Category: Human Capital
Land will be allocated between competing uses so that ?
A. housing gets priority
B. industry gets priority
C. farming gets priority
D. the equilibrium rental rate equilibrium total demand with supply
By restricting labor supply a trade union can _____ and _______?
A. increase the wage, increase employment
B. maintain the wage, increase employment
C. increase the wage, lower employment
D. maintain the wage, lower employment
Which of the following is not part of a worker’s human capital ?
A. education
B. experience
C. all of these answers are parts of a worker’s human capital
D. effort
E. on the job training
Different capital intensity in different industries is mainly explained by _______ and ________?
A. wage differentials, skill levels
B. technology, the ease of factor substitution
C. government grants, international competition
D. patents, skill shortages
Which of the following statements regarding discrimination is true ?
A. The existence of a wage differential among groups is strong evidence of discrimination in the labour market
B. Discrimination can only persist in a competitive labour market it customers are willing to pay to maintain the discriminatory practice or the government requires discrimination
C. Bigoted employers are the main source of a persistent discriminatory wage differential in a competitive market
D. Discrimination cannot exist in a competitive labor market
Human capital can be described as ?
A. the tools used by workers to enhance productivity
B. a person inherited ability
C. the stock of expertise accumulated by a worker
D. education
A profit-maximizing firm will hire labour until _____ equals the _______?
A. marginal revenue, marginal cost
B. long run marginal revenue, long run marginal cost
C. labor output ratio, capital output ratio
D. marginal cost of labor, marginal revenue product
If two jobs require the same amount of skills and experience the job that pays the most is most likely to be the one that is ?
A. unpleasant
B. all these answers
C. safe
D. fun
E. easy
Efficiency wages are ____ that raise _____?
A. low wages, employment
B. high wages, labor supply
C. high wages, productivity
D. high wages, employment
In the West Women and non-whites on average receive lower incomes than white men because ?
A. they tend to work in relatively unskilled jobs
B. educational disadvantage
C. firms are reluctant to invest in training
D. all of the above
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