The Labor Demand Curve

question 40

Multiple Choice

The labor demand curve:

• A) shows the relationship between the total quantity of labor demanded by all the firms in the economy and the wage rate.
• B) shows that, all things being equal, firms will want to hire more labor when wages are lower and less labor when wages are higher.
• C) has a negative slope.
• D) All of these are true.

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