Nurses who work in hospitals often are required to work on weekends, whereas nurses who work in doctors' offices generally only work Monday through Friday. Hospital nurses who must work on weekends are usually paid more than nurses working in doctors' offices for the same work even if they have the same skills and education. This difference in pay is attributed to

Ben is exhausting his money income consuming products A and B in such quantities that MUa/Pa = 5 and MUb/Pb = 8. Ben should purchase:

A) more of A and less of B. B) more of B and less of A C) more of both A and B. D) less of both A and B.

How are the following events likely to affect an economy's production possibilities curve?

a. An increase in the working population of the economy b. The import of better production technology c. A natural disaster that destroys some of the economy's resources d. Emigration of workers to other countries