Efficiency Wages, Above Equilibrium Minimum Wage Rates, and Higher Union

question 32

Multiple Choice

Efficiency wages, above equilibrium minimum wage rates, and higher union wages are likely to

• A)increase cyclical unemployment.
• B)increase the natural unemployment rate.
• C)reduce the equilibrium real wage rate.
• D)decrease the natural unemployment rate.
• E)increase the equilibrium real wage rate.

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