What determines the amount of labor that households plan to supply?
What will be an ideal response?
When households decide how much labor to provide in the labor market, they compare the market wage rate to the value of the lost leisure that supplying labor would entail. If the market wage rate exceeds the individual's reservation wage rate, the individual forgoes leisure and supplies labor to the labor market. The quantity of labor the person supplies depends on the wage rate. At most wage rates the substitution effect dominates the income effect so that a person increases the quantity of labor supplied if the wage rate rises. But at high wage rates the income effect dominates the substitution effect so that a person decreases the quantity of labor supplied if the wage rate increases.
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In a closed economy:
A) consumption is equal to zero. B) investment is equal to zero. C) government spending is equal to zero. D) net exports is equal to zero. In a closed economy, without the government, the consumption expenditure equals $5,000 and the investment expenditure equals $2,000.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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Mary and Martha both can make cookies and cakes of the same quality, though Mary can make more of both cookies and cakes per hour than Martha. With the bake-sale quickly approaching, they want to make as many cookies and cakes as possible. In which of the following situations will the most cookies and cakes be made? a. Mary makes as many cookies and cakes as she can, while Martha does
nothing. b. Martha makes as many cookies and cakes as she can, while Mary does nothing. c. Mary and Martha both specialize in what they are better at making. d. There is not enough information.
Which economic organization would have the BIGGEST role in this part of the world?
a) opec b) nafta c) asean d) united nations