Consider the Labor Market for Short-Order Cooks

question 175

Multiple Choice

Consider the labor market for short-order cooks. A labor-augmenting technological change such as a faster food processor will cause

• A)both equilibrium wages and equilibrium employment to increase.
• B)both equilibrium wages and equilibrium employment to decrease.
• C)equilibrium wages to increase and equilibrium employment to decrease.
• D)equilibrium wages to decrease and equilibrium employment to increase.

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