What Is the Added Worker Effect

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the added worker effect?

• A) A secondary worker enters the labor force when the wage rate is high.
• B) A secondary worker enters the labor force when his or her consumption of goods exceeds his or her nonlabor income.
• C) A secondary worker enters the labor force when his or her household productivity increases.
• D) A secondary worker enters the labor force when he or she no longer must allocate time to household production.
• E) A secondary worker enters the labor force when the main worker in the household has lost his or her job or has experienced a wage cut.

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