More College Graduates with Engineering Degrees Will Affect the Labor

question 34

Multiple Choice

More college graduates with engineering degrees will affect the labor market for engineers. With a(n) _______ in labor supply, we would expect wages to ______.

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

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A theory in linguistics that suggests that the ability to acquire language is innate, and that all human languages share a common underlying structure.

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