The Labor Supply Curve Reflects How

question 100

Multiple Choice

The labor supply curve reflects how

• A) workers' decisions about the labor-leisure tradeoff respond to a change in the wage.
• B) workers' decisions about the opportunity cost of labor respond to a change in the quantity of labor supplied.
• C) firms' decisions about the labor-leisure tradeoff respond to the quantity of labor demanded.
• D) firms' decisions about how the quantity of labor they hire respond to changes in their opportunities to earn profits.

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