The Labor Supply Curve Reflects How

question 100

Multiple Choice

The labor supply curve reflects how

• A) workers' decisions about the labor-leisure tradeoff respond to a change in the wage.
• B) workers' decisions about the opportunity cost of labor respond to a change in the quantity of labor supplied.
• C) firms' decisions about the labor-leisure tradeoff respond to the quantity of labor demanded.
• D) firms' decisions about how the quantity of labor they hire respond to changes in their opportunities to earn profits.

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Definitions:

Y-intercept

The point where a line crosses the y-axis on a graph, representing the value of the dependent variable when the independent variable is zero.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method that models the relationship between a dependent variable and one independent variable by fitting a linear equation to the observed data.

Response Variable

The variable in a study or experiment that is assumed to depend on or be affected by changes in another variable (often called the independent variable).

Explanatory Variable

A variable in a statistical model that is believed to cause or explain changes in the response variable.