In a Competitive Industry,output Is Produced with Skilled and Unskilled

question 3

Multiple Choice

In a competitive industry,output is produced with skilled and unskilled labor.Factor-biased technical change that increases the productivity of skilled labor,will,at a given ratio of skilled to unskilled labor,shift any given isoproduct curve ________ the origin and ________ the absolute slope of the isoproduct curve (when the number of skilled workers is measured along the horizontal axis) .Pick the best pair of answers.

• A) towards; increase
• B) towards; decrease
• C) away from; increase
• D) away from; decrease

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Definitions:

Short-run Phillips Curve

A graphical representation showing an inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate in the short-term.

Long-run Phillips Curve

The long-run Phillips Curve illustrates the theory that over time, the relationship between inflation and unemployment stabilizes, suggesting no long-term trade-off between the two.

Natural Rate

The natural rate is often described as the rate of unemployment where the labor market is in equilibrium, including frictional and structural unemployment but no cyclical unemployment.

Expected Inflation

The projection of the rate at which prices of goods and services will rise over a specific period in the future.