, Labour Market Economics 9th Edition ISBN 9781259654848 By Dwayne
Benjamin, Morley Gunderson, Thomas Lemieux, Riddell, Schirle
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: Labour Supply
Chapter 2: Labour Supply: Individual Attachment to the Labour Market
Chapter 3: Labour Supply and Public Policy: Work Incentive Effects of Alternative
Income Maintenance Schemes
Chapter 4: Labour Supply Over The Life Cycle
Part 2: Labour Demand
Chapter 5: Demand for Labour in Competitive Labour Markets
Chapter 6: Labour Demand, Nonwage Benefits, and Quasi-Fixed Costs
Part 3: Labour Demand and Supply Together
Chapter 7: Wages and Employment in a Single Labour Market
Part 4: The Determination of Relative Wages
Chapter 8: Compensating Wage Differentials
Chapter 9: Human Capital Theory: Applications to Education and Training
Chapter 10: Wage Structures Across Markets
,Chapter 11: The Economics of Immigration
Chapter 12: Discrimination and Male-Female Earnings Differentials
Chapter 13: Optimal Compensation Systems, Deferred Compensation, and
Mandatory Retirement
Part 5: Unions
Chapter 14: Unions and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 15: Union Impact on Wage and Nonwage Outcomes
Part 6: Unemployment
Chapter 16: Unemployment: Meaning, Measurement, and Canada's Experience
Chapter 17: Unemployment: Causes and Consequences
, Chapter 2: Labour Supply: Individual Attachment to the Labour Market
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Empirical literature on labour supply patterns for married women tends to find all of the
following, except:
A) Labour market participation rate for married women was highest in the 35-44 age
group.
B) Women with children have lower rates of labour force participation.
C) The higher the education level, the higher the labour force participation rate.
D) The strong negative relationship between the husband's income and the labour force
participation rate for married women.
E) Participation rate for all married women is around 75 percent.
2) Which of the following statements concerning the elasticity of labour supply is true?
A) The total wage elasticity of supply tends to be positive and of low magnitude.
B) The income elasticity of supply tends to be positive and of low magnitude
C) The compensated elasticity of supply is close to zero
D) Overall workers tend to be highly responsive to wage changes
E) None of these above statements are true
3) Which of the following statements concerning the elasticity of labour supply is false?
A) The overall labour supply for both sexes is likely to be backward bending.
B) It is generally higher for women than for men.
C) The compensated elasticity (reflecting the substitution effect) tends to be higher in
magnitude than the uncompensated, gross elasticity.
D) The overall labour supply for both sexes is likely to be upward sloping
E) The elasticity of labour supply with respect to income is negative.
Benjamin, Morley Gunderson, Thomas Lemieux, Riddell, Schirle
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: Labour Supply
Chapter 2: Labour Supply: Individual Attachment to the Labour Market
Chapter 3: Labour Supply and Public Policy: Work Incentive Effects of Alternative
Income Maintenance Schemes
Chapter 4: Labour Supply Over The Life Cycle
Part 2: Labour Demand
Chapter 5: Demand for Labour in Competitive Labour Markets
Chapter 6: Labour Demand, Nonwage Benefits, and Quasi-Fixed Costs
Part 3: Labour Demand and Supply Together
Chapter 7: Wages and Employment in a Single Labour Market
Part 4: The Determination of Relative Wages
Chapter 8: Compensating Wage Differentials
Chapter 9: Human Capital Theory: Applications to Education and Training
Chapter 10: Wage Structures Across Markets
,Chapter 11: The Economics of Immigration
Chapter 12: Discrimination and Male-Female Earnings Differentials
Chapter 13: Optimal Compensation Systems, Deferred Compensation, and
Mandatory Retirement
Part 5: Unions
Chapter 14: Unions and Collective Bargaining
Chapter 15: Union Impact on Wage and Nonwage Outcomes
Part 6: Unemployment
Chapter 16: Unemployment: Meaning, Measurement, and Canada's Experience
Chapter 17: Unemployment: Causes and Consequences
, Chapter 2: Labour Supply: Individual Attachment to the Labour Market
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Empirical literature on labour supply patterns for married women tends to find all of the
following, except:
A) Labour market participation rate for married women was highest in the 35-44 age
group.
B) Women with children have lower rates of labour force participation.
C) The higher the education level, the higher the labour force participation rate.
D) The strong negative relationship between the husband's income and the labour force
participation rate for married women.
E) Participation rate for all married women is around 75 percent.
2) Which of the following statements concerning the elasticity of labour supply is true?
A) The total wage elasticity of supply tends to be positive and of low magnitude.
B) The income elasticity of supply tends to be positive and of low magnitude
C) The compensated elasticity of supply is close to zero
D) Overall workers tend to be highly responsive to wage changes
E) None of these above statements are true
3) Which of the following statements concerning the elasticity of labour supply is false?
A) The overall labour supply for both sexes is likely to be backward bending.
B) It is generally higher for women than for men.
C) The compensated elasticity (reflecting the substitution effect) tends to be higher in
magnitude than the uncompensated, gross elasticity.
D) The overall labour supply for both sexes is likely to be upward sloping
E) The elasticity of labour supply with respect to income is negative.
