The Cost of Shifting Workers from Declining Sectors of the Economy

question 190

Multiple Choice

The cost of shifting workers from declining sectors of the economy to growing sectors is known as:

• A) irreversible employment.
• B) a labor adjustment cost.
• C) labor bunching.
• D) intertemporal substitution.

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