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
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 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. - Assuming leisure is a normal good, if the income effect is greater than the substitution effect a wage increase ?
A. will have no effect on labour supply
B. will decreases labour supply
C. could cause either an increases or a decrease in labour supply
D. will increase labour supply. - The income effect of a price increase of a normal good is to ________ of that good and the substitution effect is to _________ of that good?
A. increase quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded
B. increase quantity demanded, increases quantity demanded
C. reduce quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded
D. reduce quantity demanded, increase quantity demanded - A tax for which high income taxpayers pay a smaller fraction of their income than do low income taxpayers is known as ?
A. a proportional tax
B. a regressive tax
C. an equitable tax
D. a progressive tax - If people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage of income in taxes, the income tax structure is ?
A. progressive
B. regressive
C. value added taxes (VAT)
D. excise taxes - Refer to Exhibit 4, Suppose that the consumer must choose between buying socks and belts Also suppose that the consumer’s income is €100 Suppose that the price of a pair of socks falls from €5 to €2 The substitution effect is represented by the movement from point ?
A. Z to point X
B. X to point X
C. X to point Z
D. Y to point X - The substitution effect of a rise in the price of labour will ____ the quantity of labour and the output, effect will ____ it
A. increase; increase
B. increase; reduce
C. reduce; reduce
D. reduce; increase - A progressive income tax means that those with a higher income pay ?
A. a higher percentage of their income in taxes then low income people
B. a lower percentage of their income in taxes than low income people
C. the same percentage of their income in taxes as low income people all the taxes in the economy.
D. all the taxes in the economy - A change in the relative prices of which of the following pair of goods would likely cause the smallest substitution effect ?
A. right shoes and left shoes
B. petrol from BP and petrol from shell
C. kit-Kat chocolate snacks and Twix chocolate snacks
D. coke and Pepsi
