Suppose the money wage rate rises from $30.00 to $33.92 an hour and consumer prices rise by 66 percent. What would be the effect in the labor market? Question content area bottom Part 1 We would expect _______ people to try to find a job and employed people to want to work _______ hours. A. the same number of; the same number of B. more; longer C. fewer; shorter D. fewer; longer Part 2 The _______ would _______. A. supply of labor; increase B. supply of labor; decrease C. quantity of labor supplied; increase D. quantity of labor supplied; decrease
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