9. Initially, when a firm hires a fourth worker, its wage rate goes from $80 a worker to $90. The...

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9. Initially, when a firm hires a fourth worker, its wage rate goes from $80 a worker to $90. The marginal revenue product of the fourth worker is $100. Then the government imposes a minimum wage of $90 a worker. If the firm now hires the fourth worker, its profits will

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The marginal product of a new worker is 80 units and the marginal expense of a new worker is $800. The marginal product of hiring current workers another hour is 10 units and the marginal expense of hiring current workers another hour is $12. If the firm needs extra hours of work (assuming the work could be done by either the new or current workers), it should

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Two employers pay a wage of $10 an hour. Employer A is a monopsony while Employer B hires in a competitive labor market. Both firms sell their output in competitive markets. Which of the following will be true?

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A monopsony's marginal worker has a marginal revenue product of $12 an hour and a wage of $8. A minimum wage of $10 will have which of these effects?

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Most colleges pay teachers different salaries in different fields. For example, they usually pay science teachers more than English teachers. Public schools pay teachers in different fields the same. As a result, in public schools, if they want to get getter science teachers, they have to raise everyone's wage. Which of the following is a consequence of paying teachers different salaries, as they do in colleges?

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If Gene receives a raise in his hourly wage and decides he would like to increase his hours of work, we know that

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An increase in nonlabor income due to a rise in the value of stocks and bonds will cause

An increase in a person’s hourly wage rate will

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On the backward-bending portion of the labor supply curve,