Empirical evidence with respect to the labor supply decision suggests that the substitution effect seems to dominate for most people, which means that the aggregate labor supply responds ________ in the wage rate.

A. positively to a decrease
B. independently from an increase or a decrease
C. negatively to an increase
D. negatively to a decrease


Answer: D

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