Sam has two jobs, one for the winter and one for the summer. In the winter, he works as a lift attendant at a ski resort where he earns $13 per hour. During the summer, he drives a tour bus around the ski resort, earning $11 per hour. Assume that Sam has an upward-sloping labor supply curve. If the opportunity cost of Sam's leisure time increases, he will respond by working
a. more hours.
b. fewer hours.
c. an equal number of hours.
d. a number of hours that cannot be determined from the information. The labor demand curve is needed to make this determination.
a
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