Chapter 15, Wage Determination Video Solutions, Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies

Problem 1

Brenda owns a construction company that employs bricklayers and other skilled tradesmen. Her firm's MRP for bricklayers is $\$ 22.25$ per hour for each of the first seven bricklayers, S18.50 for an eighth brick layer, and $\$ 17.75$ for a ninth bricklayer. Given that she is a price taker when hiring bricklayers, how many bricklayers will she hire if the market equilibrium wage for bricklayers is $\$ 18.00$ per hour?
a. Zero.
b. Scven.
c. Eight.
d. Ninc.
e. More information is required to answer this question.

Nick Johnson

Numerade Educator

01:54

Problem 2

Because a perfectly competitive employer's MRC curve is___________,it will hire______,workers than would a monoposony employer with the same MRP curve.
a. Upsloping; more.
b. Upsloping; fewer.
c. Flat; more.
d. Flat; fewer.
e. Downsloping; more.
f. Downsloping; fewer.

Jin-Hwan Ro

Numerade Educator

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Problem 3

True or false. When a labor market consists of a single monopsony buyer of labor interacting with a single monopoly seller of labor (such as a trade union), the resulting quantity of labor that is hired will always be inefficiently low.

Shelley Mathews

Numerade Educator

05:05

Problem 4

The market equilibrium wage is currently $\$ 12$ per hour among hairdressers. At that wage, 17,323 hairdressers are currently employed in the state. The state legislature then scts a minimum wage of $\$ 11.50$ per hour for hairdresscrs. If there are no changes to cither the demand or supply for hairdressers when that minimum wage is imposed, the number of hairdressers employed in the state will be:
a. Fewer than 17,323
b. Still 17,323
c. More than 17,323
d. This is a bilateral monopsony so you can't tell.

Yi Chun Lin

Washington University in St Louis

00:56

Problem 5

On average, 50 -year-old workers are paid several times more than workers in their teens and twenties. Which of the following options is the most likely explanation for that huge difference in average earnings?
a. Older workers have more human capital and higher
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b. Fimployers engage in widespread discrimination against younger workers.
c. Young people lack information about the existence of the high-paying jobs occupied by older workers.
d. Older workers receive compensating differences because they do jobs that are more risky than the jobs done by younger workers.

Aditya Sood

Numerade Educator

02:12

Problem 6

Manny owns a local fast-food franchise. Angel runs it for him. So in this situation, Manny is the________and________Angel is the______.
a. Free rider; entrepreneur.
b. Agent; principal.
c. Principal; agent.
d. Producer; consumer.

Jennifer Smith

Numerade Educator

02:21

Problem 7

A principal is worried that her agent may not do what she wants. As a solution, she should consider:
a. Commissions.
b. Bonuses.
c. Profit sharing.
d. All of the above.

Ethan Renner

Numerade Educator