If Most People Found the Lifestyle of an Assembly-Line Worker

question 118

Multiple Choice

If most people found the lifestyle of an assembly-line worker less desirable relative to that of persons in other professions, one would expect the return on the human capital investment of

• A) assembly-line workers to be higher than that of persons in other professions.
• B) assembly-line workers to be lower than that of persons in other professions.
• C) assembly-line workers and that of persons in other professions to be nonetheless equal.
• D) both assembly-line workers and persons in other professions to be unaffected by the subjective preferences of investors.

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