Consider a Workforce Made Up of Equally Productive,qualified Female and Male

question 36

Multiple Choice

Consider a workforce made up of equally productive,qualified female and male workers.The female workers are paid $10 per hour and the male workers are paid $15 per hour.
-Refer to the information above.If a firm hiring only female workers is making a profit,it will want to increase output and hire more female workers.This will ________ the demand for female workers and ________ the wage rate for these workers.An equilibrium will be established where female workers are being paid ______ wage rate compared to that being paid to male workers.

• A) increase;increase;a lower
• B) increase;decrease;a higher
• C) increase;increase;the same
• D) decrease;decrease;a lower
• E) decrease;increase;the same

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