A. Unemployment due to unions
B. Unemployment due to efficiency wages
C. Frictional Unemployment
D. Unemployment due to minimum-wage laws
Related Mcqs:
- Which one of the following types of Unemployment results from the wage being held above the competitive equilibrium wage ?
A. Structural unemployment
B. Cyclical Unemployment
C. Frictional Unemployment
D. None of these answers
E. Sectoral Unemployment - If, for any reason the wage is held above the competitive equilibrium wage?
A. The quantity of labour supplied will exceed the quantity of labour demanded and there will be Unemployment
B. Unions will likely Strike and the wage will fall to equilibrium
C. The quantity of labour demanded will exceed the quantity of labour supplied and there will be a labour shortage
D. The quality of workers in the applicant pool will tend to fall - Unemployment benefits may increase the unemployment rate because unemployment benefits ?
A. encourage people to quit their jobs
B. reduce the cost of job search
C. enable people to quit searching for work
D. reduce the benefits of additional job searching - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment. One economist says. The government could lower unemployment by one percentage point if it would just increase government spending by 50 billion dollars the other economist responds Nonsense and poppycock! If the government spent an additional 50 billion dollars it would reduce unemployment by only one tenth of one percent. and that effect would only be temporary! These economists ?
A. None of these answers
B. Disagree because they have different scientific judgments
C. really don’t disagree at all. It just appears that they disagree
D. disagree because they have different values - If the minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage rate, then another thing unchanged ?
A. There will be equilibrium in the labour market
B. There will excess demand in the labour market
C. There will be excess supply in the labour market
D. More people will be employed - The equilibrium rate of unemployment at any real wage, is the difference between ______ and ______?
A. those willing to work at the going wage labour demand
B. labour demand those willing to work at the going wage
C. labor demand, labor supply
D. those willing to work at the going wage labor supply - Unemployment resulting from real wages being above their equilibrium level is called _________ unemployment?
A. natural
B. frictional
C. disequilibrium
D. structural - Assume That the firms operate as purely competitive sellers (a purely competitive industry) In the long run, equilibrium price equals _________ quantity equals _________ and profits total _________?
A. $100, 2 million barrels per day $60 million
B. $80, 4 million barrels per day $70 million
C. $60, 6 million barrels per day, $20 million
D. $40, 8 million barrels per day, $0 million - The term ‘real wage’ means the money wage” ?
A. after tax
B. allowing for change in prices.
C. Plus, benefits in kind
D. plus, overtime payments. - Suppose the price level falls but because of fixed nominal wage contracts the real wage rises and firms cut back on production This is a demonstration of the ?
A. sticky-wage theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
B. classical dichotomy theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
C. misperceptions theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
D. sticky-price theory of the short run aggregate supply curve
