3) . A rising real wage and employment level can be explained by a. a decrease in productivity; b. an increase in the time endowment (labor force participation rate); c. an increase in productivity and time endowment; d. an increase in productivity.
Answer
Option d
d. an increase in productivity.
the increase in the productivity increases real wage as the firms can afford to pay higher wages and the forward and backward linkages of increased productivity increase employment which is also called the multiplier effect of productivity
3) . A rising real wage and employment level can be explained by a. a decrease in productivity; b. an increase in the ti...
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