The labor force participation rate of women in the United States has been

a. increasing for several decades and this has strongly affected GDP.
b. decreasing for the past several decades after increasing dramatically in the early 1900s.
c. approximately constant during the last three decades.
d. decreasing since the early 1900s.


a. increasing for several decades and this has strongly affected GDP.

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When a person has a comparative advantage in producing a good or service, the person has

A) a higher opportunity cost in producing that product than someone else. B) a constant opportunity cost in producing that product. C) a decreasing opportunity cost in producing that product. D) a lower opportunity cost in producing that product than someone else. E) an increasing marginal benefit in producing the good.

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Going to college to get more knowledge and skills is considered to be an increase in

A) physical capital. B) consumption. C) human capital. D) net exports.

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