Suppose It Has Just Been Discovered That Working for Long

question 9

Multiple Choice

Suppose it has just been discovered that working for long periods of time at a computer terminal causes eye strain, poor posture, and stress. We would expect, ceteris paribus, that the supply curve of computer programmers would shift __________ and the wage rate paid to programmers would __________.

• A)rightward; decrease
• B)rightward; increase
• C)leftward; decrease
• D)leftward; increase

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