A Person's Optimal Labour Supply Choice

question 111

Multiple Choice

A person's optimal labour supply choice:

• A) is similar to a person's optimal consumption rule,but with consumption and leisure as the "goods" in question.
• B) is not useful in determining how many hours a person should work.
• C) reveals little about a person's labour-leisure choices.
• D) results in people working too much for too little pay.

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