If the Cost of Monitoring Worker Effort Is High, Then

question 48

Multiple Choice

If the cost of monitoring worker effort is high, then a firm can encourage workers to work hard by paying an efficiency wage because

• A)paying an efficiency wage means a firm can monitor its workers more cheaply.
• B)the efficiency wage will encourage workers to monitor each other's effort and report shirking to the employer.
• C)efficiency wages guarantee efficiency.
• D)the efficiency wage will raise the cost to workers of losing their jobs, even though there may be a low risk of being dismissed for shirking.

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Definitions:

Helium (He)

A colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic gas with the atomic number 2, making it the second lightest and second most abundant element in the observable universe.

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Calcium (Ca)

A soft gray alkaline earth metal, represented by the symbol Ca, essential for living organisms, particularly in cell physiology and bone formation.

Lewis Dot Structure

A diagram that shows the bonding between atoms of a molecule and the lone pairs of electrons that may exist.