Sadie Works at a Factory for $15 an Hour and Typically

question 93

Multiple Choice

Sadie works at a factory for $15 an hour and typically works 40 hours a week.Sadie gets a pay raise and now earns $20 an hour.She decides to work 45 hours a week at $20 an hour.Her response:

• A) tells us the price effect outweighed the income effect of her pay raise.
• B) implies her labor-supply curve is upward sloping.
• C) is typically what is observed.
• D) All of these statements are true.

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