Because Leisure Is a Normal Good, an Increase in the Wage

question 101

Multiple Choice

Because leisure is a normal good, an increase in the wage rate will result in

• A)an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of both the substitution effect and the income effect.
• B)a decrease in the quantity of labor supplied because of the substitution effect and an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of the income effect.
• C)an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of the substitution effect and a decrease in the quantity of labor supplied because of the income effect.
• D)an increase in the quantity of labor supplied because of the substitution effect. At low wages the income effect causes an increase in the quantity of labor supplied, but at high wages the income effect causes a decrease in the quantity of labor supplied as the wage rises.

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Definitions:

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve representing the distribution of a set of data that is evenly distributed around the mean.

Point Estimate

A single value estimate of a parameter that best describes an aspect of a population based on sample data.

True Proportion

The actual ratio of individuals or items within a specified category to the total population, often used in statistical analysis to represent an exact value.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a given population.