More than 90 percent of the privately insured, nonelderly population in the U.S. receives group coverage through the workplace. Which one of the following statements is not true about employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) in the U.S.?
a. The workplace is an ideal setting for risk pooling; workers are typically healthier than non-workers are.
b. Group coverage provides administrative savings.
c. Employees will not purchase insurance voluntarily. The employer must be involved.
d. ESI receives favorable tax treatment when the employer pays the premium.
c. Employees will not purchase insurance voluntarily. The employer must be involved.
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An efficiency wage is ________ because the result is ________
A) set below the equilibrium real wage; reduced turnover and more work effort B) set above the equilibrium real wage; reduced turnover and more work effort C) not often used; not much different from minimum wage use D) set above the equilibrium real wage; increased turnover and more work effort E) set above the equilibrium real wage; reduced turnover and less work effort
Which of the following statements best defines private costs?
A) They are internal in the sense that the firm or household must explicitly take them into account. B) They are costs borne by people other than those who commit the action. C) They are synonymous with social costs. D) They represent explicit costs incurred by business firms in the private sector.
A nominal wage is: a. always equal to the legal minimum wage
b. the same as the efficiency wage. c. measured in terms of the amount of goods and services it can purchase. d. measured in current dollars rather than in constant dollars. e. measured in constant dollars rather than in current dollars.
Health care improvements often don't happen because:
A. they are too expensive to implement. B. doctors overprescribe and drive the cost of health care too high. C. health care facilities don't exist in some parts of the world. D. they are too expensive to have any significant impact.