Figure 17.6.1 -The "No Shirking Constraint" (NSC) Curve Never Crosses the Supply

question 68

Multiple Choice

Figure 17.6.1
-The "no shirking constraint" (NSC) curve never crosses the supply of labor curve, so:

• A) the market never reaches equilibrium.
• B) there is always full employment in equilibrium.
• C) there is always some unemployment in equilibrium.
• D) the efficiency wage is always lower than the market-clearing wage.
• E) the gap between the NSC curve and the supply of labor curve equals the difference between the efficiency wage and the market-clearing wage.

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