Describe the factors that could cause an increase in the wage rate of workers
Anything that increases the demand or reduces the supply of labor will result in an increase in the wage for those workers employed. Increases in the demand for labor could be caused by an increase in the price of the product produced, and increase in technology or anything else that increases the productivity of workers. A decrease in the supply of labor could be accomplished by unionizing.
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Active changes in tax and spending by government intended to smooth out the business cycle are called ________, and changes in taxes and spending that occur passively over the business cycle are called ________
A) discretionary fiscal policy; automatic stabilizers B) automatic stabilizers; monetary policy C) discretionary fiscal policy; conscious fiscal policy D) automatic stabilizers; discretionary fiscal policy
The elasticity of a straight-line demand curve is the same as its slope
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false