Category: Labour Market

A minimum wage law tends to ?

A. Help all teenagers because they receive a higher wage than they would otherwise
B. have no impact on unemployment as long as it is set above the competitive equilibrium wage
C. Create more Unemployment is high-skill job markets than in low-skill job markets
D. Create more unemployment in low-skill job markets than in high-skill job markets

Which of the following is an example of a reason why firms might pay efficiency wages ?

A. At equilibrium wages workers sleep when the boss is not looking because workers are not deeply concerned about being fired
B. At equilibrium wages workers often quit to find better jobs.
C. At equilibrium wages only minimally qualified workers apply for the job
D. At equilibrium wages, workers cannot afford a healthy diet so they fall asleep at work due to a lack of energy
E. All of these answers

The Marginal Revenue Product is ?

A. Upward sloping due to the law of demand
B. Upward sloping due to the law of marginal utility
C. Downward sloping due to the law of diminishing returns
D. Downward sloping due to the law of supply

If the real wage is too high in the labour market ?

A. The quantity demanded of labour is higher than the quantity supplied
B. The quantity demanded of labour equals the quantity supplied
C. The quantity demanded of labour is lower than the quantity supplied
D. It will automatically adjust in the short run to bring equilibrium