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Category: Human Capital
It is not considered discrimination when an employer offers different opportunities to individuals that differ only by them ?
A. productivity
B. age
C. sex
D. race
If workers get a real wage increase this will likely ____ and _____?
A. encourage the use of more capital in the long run, reduce demand for all inputs
B. encourage the use of more capital increase demand for all inputs
C. encourage the use of less capital reduce demand for all inputs
D. encourage the use of less capital, reduce demand for all inputs
If a person who works in coal mine gets paid more than a person with a similar background and skills who works in a safer job, then ?
A. coal miners must have greater human capital than others
B. we have observed a compensating differential
C. coal miners must be more attractive than other workers
D. we have evidence of discrimination against workers outside the coal mine
Which of the following is not a reason why some workers are paid above the equilibrium wage ?
A. minimum-wage laws
B. efficiency wages
C. unions
D. beauty
In the short run, the supply of capital is ________ and in the long run will depend on _______?
A. variable, technology
B. fixed, expectations
C. fixed, rental rate of capital
D. variable, interest rates
The value of an asset depends upon ?
A. its scrap values
B. its depreciation
C. the present value of the future stream of income it can earn
D. the cost of loans
The downward sloping marginal physical product of labor is the firm’s ?
A. Supply of labor
B. Short-run demand curve for labor
C. marginal cost of labour
marginal revenue product of labor
Competitive markets tend to ?
A. Increase labor market discrimination because some workers can charge more for their services than other workers in a competitive market
B. have no impact on labour market discrimination
C. reduce labour market discrimination because non-discrimination firms will employ cheaper labour earn more profits and drive discriminating firms out of the market
D. increase labour market discrimination because bigoted employers can charge any price they want in a competitive market to cover the cost of their discrimination
The opportunity cost of acquiring education is ?
A. course fees
B. course fees and living expenses
C. the earnings foregone
D. Course fees living expenses and textbook
Unions achieve a higher wage differential the more _____ and the more ______?
A. inelastic the demand for labour, they can restrict the supply of labour
B. members they have, aggressive they behave
C. the economy is growing, people prefer leisure
D. the productivity is growing vacancies exist
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