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Labour market
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Real earnings increase if:
Prices rise less than money earnings
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Prices rise more than money earnings
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Prices rise the same as money earnings
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Prices fall less than money earnings fall
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The demand for labour is:
A depressed demand
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A directed demand
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A delapidated demand
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A derived demand
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Labour productivity is measured by:
Total output/ number of employees
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Marginal output/ number of employees
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Average output/ number of employees
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Fixed output/ number of employees
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The reservation wage is:
The maximum amount an employee would need to accept a job
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The minimum amount an employee would need to accept a job
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The total rewards an employee receives
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The amount it would take to get an employee who has left to return to the business
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An outward shift in supply of labour is likely to lead to:
A higher equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A higher equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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An inward shift in supply of labour is likely to lead to:
A higher equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A higher equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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An outward shift in demand for labour is likely to lead to:
A higher equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A higher equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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An inward shift in demand of labour is likely to lead to:
A higher equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A higher equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and higher quantity of labour
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A lower equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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In theory an increase in the national minimum wage should:
Increase the quantity demanded of labour; decrease the quantity supplied
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Increase the quantity demanded of labour; increase the quantity supplied
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Decrease the quantity demanded of labour; decrease the quantity supplied
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Decrease the quantity demanded of labour; increase the quantity supplied
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If the national minimum wage is set below the market equilibrium rate this is likely to lead to:
Excess demand
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Excess supply
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No effect
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Excess equilibrium
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Geographical immobility of labour:
Increases the supply of labour
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Decreases the supply of labour
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Increases the demand of labour
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Decreases the demand of labour
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A surplus in the labour market means:
The quantity demanded of labour is greater than the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded of labour is less than the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded of labour is equal to the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded is of labour is less than the quantity demanded of the final product
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A shortage in the labour market means:
The quantity demanded of labour is greater than the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded of labour is less than the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded of labour is equal to the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded is of labour is less than the quantity demanded of the final product
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Equilibrium in the labour market means:
The quantity demanded of labour is greater than the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded of labour is less than the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded of labour is equal to the quantity supplied
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The quantity demanded is of labour is less than the quantity demanded of the final product
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A monopsony occurs when there is:
A single seller
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A single price in a market
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A single product sold
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A single buyer
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