Unemployment Caused by Efficiency Wages

question 23

Multiple Choice

Unemployment caused by efficiency wages:

• A) is minimal.
• B) is quite large in markets that have mostly minimum-wage workers.
• C) is larger in sectors that have higher rates of less-skilled workers.
• D) has little conclusive evidence in economic research.

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Definitions:

Unethical

Actions or behavior that violate moral or professional principles.

Unobtrusive Measures

Research methods that observe or measure behavior without interfering with or altering the subjects' activities.

Generalize

The process of applying the findings from a sample to a larger population, with the assumption that the sample accurately represents the whole.

Confederates

Participants in a study who have been briefed by the researcher to behave in a particular way.