Question : 22) In general, the labor supply curve A) slopes downward because : 1387978

 

 

22) In general, the labor supply curve

A) slopes downward because firms will hire fewer workers at higher wages.

B) slopes upward because as the wage rises, the opportunity cost of leisure increases.

C) is vertical at the equilibrium wage rate.

D) is perfectly elastic at the equilibrium wage rate.

 

 

23) The wage rate is the opportunity cost of

A) working.

B) working overtime.

C) leisure.

D) consumption.

 

24) Which of the following helps to explain why the supply curve of labor is upward sloping?

A) The supply curve of labor is a derived supply curve; since the output supply curve is upward sloping, so is the labor supply curve.

B) As the wage rate rises, the income effect causes the quantity of labor supplied to increase.

C) The substitution effect of a price change makes a good more expensive relative to other goods.

D) As the wage rate rises, the opportunity cost of leisure rises.

 

 

25) Which of the following statements is true?

A) As the wage rate rises, the substitution effect decreases the opportunity cost of leisure and causes a worker to devote more time to working and less time to leisure.

B) As the wage rate rises, the substitution effect increases the opportunity cost of leisure and causes a worker to devote more time to working and less time to leisure.

C) As the wage rate rises, the income effect increases the opportunity cost of leisure and causes a worker to devote more time to working and less time to leisure.

D) As the wage rate rises, the income effect causes a worker to devote more time to work and less time to leisure.

 

 

26) The typical labor supply curve is upward-sloping but it is possible for the curve to be backward bending—negatively sloped—at very high wage levels. Which of the following would cause a backward bending supply curve?

A) This would occur when the income effect from an increase in the wage becomes larger than the substitution effect.

B) This would occur when the substitution effect from an increase in the wage becomes larger than the income effect.

C) This would occur if leisure is an inferior good.

D) This would occur when a large number of workers choose leisure rather than employment at low wages; only a very large increase in the wage will lead these workers to prefer employment to leisure.

 

27) Because leisure is a normal good, an increase in the wage rate will result in

A) an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of both the substitution effect and the income effect.

B) a decrease in the quantity of labor supplied because of the substitution effect and an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of the income effect.

C) an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of the substitution effect and a decrease in the quantity of labor supplied because of the income effect.

D) an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of the substitution effect. At low wages the income effect causes an increase in the quantity of labor supplied, but at high wages the income effect causes a decrease in the quantity of labor supplied as the wage rises.

 

 

28) In order for a labor supply curve to be backward bending at high wages,

A) leisure must be an inferior good.

B) the substitution effect of a wage increase must be greater than the income effect.

C) workers must have an irrational response to wage increases.

D) the income effect of a wage increase must be greater than the substitution effect.

 

 

29) The market supply curve for labor is

A) derived from the market supply curve for the output produced with labor.

B) perfectly inelastic if leisure is an inferior good.

C) determined by adding up the quantity of labor supplied by each worker at each wage, holding constant all other variables that affect the willingness of workers to supply labor.

D) determined by adding up the wages each worker is willing to work for at a given quantity supplied, holding constant all other variables that affect the willingness of workers to supply labor.

 

30) For most low-wage earners,

A) the income effect of a wage rate increase is likely to be larger than the substitution effect.

B) the substitution effect of a wage rate increase is likely to equal the income effect.

C) the opportunity cost of leisure is high.

D) the substitution effect of a wage rate increase is likely to be larger than the income effect.

 

 

31) Francis Crawford recently received a 20 percent wage increase and desires to work less. We can conclude that at his current wage, his supply of labor curve

A) has a positive slope.

B) has a negative slope.

C) is U-shaped.

D) is vertical.

 

 

 

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