The price effect describes the:

A. increase in the quantity of labor supplied in response to a lower wage.
B. decrease in the quantity of labor supplied in response to a higher wage.
C. increase in the quantity of labor supplied in response to a higher wage.
D. increase in the quantity of labor demanded in respond to a higher wage.


Answer: C

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