The demand curve for labor would shift leftward as the result of a(n)
A. decrease in the productivity of labor.
B. increase in the price of labor.
C. decrease in the price of capital, provided the output effect exceeds the substitution effect.
D. increase in the price of the product labor is producing.
Answer: A
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