Under a piece rate pay scheme where all workers face different upward-sloped marginal cost curves for providing effort,
A. all workers will provide the same amount of effort.
B. workers with higher marginal cost curves for providing effort will produce less output than workers with lower marginal cost curves.
C. all workers will produce the same amount of output.
D. workers with higher marginal cost curves for providing effort will produce more output than workers with lower marginal cost curves.
E. all workers will be paid the same amount.
Answer: B
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