If There Is a Shortage of Farm Laborers,we Would Expect

question 60

Multiple Choice

If there is a shortage of farm laborers,we would expect

• A)the wage of farm laborers to increase.
• B)the wage of farm laborers to decrease.
• C)the price of farm commodities to decrease.
• D)a decrease in the demand for substitutes for farm labor.

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Definitions:

Overpopulation

A condition where an area's population exceeds the capacity of the environment to support it at an acceptable standard of living.

Contraception

Methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy as a part of family planning, enabling individuals or couples to decide if and when they want to have children.

Fertility

The natural capability to produce offspring, often measured by the number of births per population, per year.

Malthusian

Relating to the theory proposed by Thomas Malthus that population growth inevitably outpaces food production and resource availability, leading to societal collapse unless checked by moral restraint or disaster.