A. occupational differentials
B. search differentials
C. job differentials.
D. compensating differentials
Related Mcqs:
- Assume that Country A is relatively abundant in labor and Country B is relatively abundant in land Note that wages are the returns to labor and rents are the returns to land According to the factor price equalization theorem, once Country A begins specializing according to comparative advantage and trading with Country B: A. wages and rents should fall in Country A B. wages and rents should rise in Country A C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A ?
XA. wages and rents should fall in Country A
B. wages and rents should rise in Country A
C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A
D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A - The Heckscher-Ohlin theory explains comparative advantage as the result of differences in countries ?
A. Economies of large-scale production
B. Relative abundance of various resources
C. Relative costs of labor
D. Research and development expenditures - An unspoken agreement between workers and firms that the firm will not cut wages is known as ?
A. an implicit or social contract
B. a relative-wage contract
C. employment at will
D. an explicit contract - The ______ is the ratio of the non-working population (under 15-year-old and over 64 years old) to the working-age population ?
A. labor force participation rate
B. per capita population ratio
C. dependency ratio
D. None of these - The substitution effect of higher wages suggests that as the wage rate increases ?
A. leisure becomes less expensive and households buy more of it
B. leisure becomes more expensive and households buy more of it
C. leisure becomes more expensive and households buy less of it
D. leisure becomes less expensive and households buy less of it. - If the income effect is smaller than the substitution effect, higher net wages will ?
A. reduce the supply of labour.
B. increase the demand for labour
C. increase the supply of labour
D. have no effect on the supply of labour - A way of helping depressed regions by having lower wages lower local taxes and lower unemployment benefit has been suggested as ?
A. market-orientated economists
B. left-wing theorists
C. Keynesian.
D. new-Keynesian - 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 - Economists have hypothesized that the widening gap between the wages of unskilled workers and skilled workers may be due to ?
A. decrease in the demand for unskilled workers because of increases in technology and increases in international trade
B. increase in the number of unskilled workers available due to immigration into the UK.
C. decrease in the demand for unskilled workers are more poorly educated
D. increase in the number of unskilled workers available because workers are more poorly educated - Efficiency wages are ____ that raise _____?
A. low wages, employment
B. high wages, labor supply
C. high wages, productivity
D. high wages, employment
