An Increase in the Wage Rate Causes

question 252

Multiple Choice

An increase in the wage rate causes

• A) a rightward shift of the firm's labour demand curve.
• B) a leftward shift of the firm's labour demand curve.
• C) a decrease in the quantity of labour demanded.
• D) an increase in labour's marginal productivity.

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