Exam 16: The Labor Market

Republicans argue that labor demand is _______, so ________ jobs will be lost when the minimum wage is raised

Jackson hates to work.He receives a great deal of enjoyment from leisure time.Jackson's elasticity of labor supply is

The substitution effect of wages explains shifts in the labor supply curve.

Number of worker (per hour)	total output(per hour)	marginal physical product (output per worker)	total revenue(dollars per hour)	marginal revenue product (dollars per worker)
1	4	......	______	........
2	10	______	______	______
3	15	______	______	______
4	19	______	______	______
5	22	______	______	______

Table 30.3 Assume that the product price is $4 per unit and that the hourly wage for workers is $12.Neither price nor wage changes with output.In Table 30.3, the contribution to total revenue of the fourth worker hired is

Number of stylist (per week)	total output(per week)	marginal physical product (output per stylist)	total revenue(dollars per week)	marginal revenue product (dollars per stylist)
0	0	......	$0	........
1	60	______	______	______
2	80	______	______	______
3	90	______	______	______
4	90	______	______	______

Table $30.4$ Hairstyling Appointments and Revenues Table 30.4 shows how many hairstyling appointments a hair salon can schedule per week based on the number of stylists.In the spaces provided, compute the marginal physical product (MPP) of the hairstylists, total revenue, and the marginal revenue product of the stylists, assuming that a hairstylist Charges $60 per appointment.In Table 30.4, what is the marginal revenue product of the second hairstylist?

When an individual's MRP is not measurable, his or her market wage is usually determined by

Number of stylist (per week)	total output(per week)	marginal physical product (output per stylist)	total revenue(dollars per week)	marginal revenue product (dollars per stylist)
0	0	......	$0	........
1	60	______	______	______
2	80	______	______	______
3	90	______	______	______
4	90	______	______	______

Table $30.2$ Hairstyling Appointments and Revenues Table 30.2 shows how many hairstyling appointments a hair salon can schedule per week based on the number of stylists.In the spaces provided, compute the marginal physical product (MPP) of the hair stylists, total revenue, and marginal revenue product of the stylists, assuming that a hair stylist charges $60 per appointment.In Table 30.2 suppose a hairstylist is paid $700 per week.How many hairstylists should a profit-maximizing salon hire?

A competitive firm should continue to hire workers until the MRP is equal to

Which of the following would not shift the market demand for labor, ceteris paribus?

Number of workers (per hour)	total output(per hour)	marginal physical product (output per worker)	total revenue(dollars per hour)	marginal revenue product (output per worker)
1	4	......	______	........
2	10	______	______	______
3	15	______	______	______
4	19	______	______	______
5	22	______	______	______

Table $30.1$ Assume that the product price is $4 per unit and that the hourly wage for workers is $12.Neither price nor wage changes with output.In Table 30.1, the marginal physical product of the third worker hired is

Number of worker (per hour)	total output(per hour)	marginal physical product (output per worker)	total revenue(dollars per hour)	marginal revenue product (dollars per worker)
1	4	......	______	........
2	10	______	______	______
3	15	______	______	______
4	19	______	______	______
5	22	______	______	______

Table 30.3 Assume that the product price is $4 per unit and that the hourly wage for workers is $12.Neither price nor wage changes with output.In Table 30.3, the marginal physical product of the third worker hired is

Cost efficiency refers to the

In Figure 30.1, the movement from point G to point F along the labor supply curve S₁ is a result of

If the demand for hair gel increases, the effect on the hair gel manufacturing job market will be to

If a chair can be sold for $20 and it takes a worker two hours to make a chair, the marginal revenue product of this worker is

The law of diminishing returns means that marginal costs will eventually rise as a firm produces more.

As an individual earns additional income, the marginal utility of income tends to

If you have an increasing marginal utility for leisure, then as you work more to make greater income, your

The market supply of labor represents the sum of all individual labor supply decisions.

The number of people employed in the competitive market depicted in Figure 30.2 at a wage of $20.00 per hour is