The market reliably allocates workers among jobs based on their attitudes toward risk, placing workers more willing to bear risk in riskier jobs

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


F While potentially true, the allocation of the market according to riskiness may not succeed, either because the market does not offer information about job riskiness to a worker or does not offer enough jobs to give a worker a choice, so it doe not serve reliably.

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a. An upward spike in oil prices. b. An increase in autonomous consumption spending. c. A significant decline in business equipment spending. d. A sudden increase in the interest rate. e. A significant decline in exports.

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In Figure 45.5, where one union is bargaining against one employer, the wage paid to workers will be Figure 45.5 

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a. increase. b. decrease. c. not change. d. All of the above are possible.

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