Questions from Labor Economics

Q: Explain the rapid growth of public sector unionism in the 1960s and

Explain the rapid growth of public sector unionism in the 1960s and early 1970s, despite the general de-unionization of the economy during this period.

Q: Explain how the existence of national, state, and city parks

Explain how the existence of national, state, and city parks might affect; a. Labor demand in the recreational vehicle industry. b. The demand for workers who build and maintain equipment for private...

Q: In Becker’s taste for discrimination model, what is the meaning of

In Becker’s taste for discrimination model, what is the meaning of the discrimination coefficient d? If the monetary value of d is, say, $6 for a given white employer, will that employer hire African-...

Q: What has been the general secular trend of the weekly earnings of

What has been the general secular trend of the weekly earnings of full-time female workers compared with male workers? What factors help explain this trend?

Q: Use the following labor market data to determine the answers to (

Use the following labor market data to determine the answers to (a) through (d): a. Is this tax progressive? Explain. b. What is the before-tax equilibrium wage rate? c. What effect does the tax hav...

Q: Use simple supply and demand analysis to explain the impact of occupational

Use simple supply and demand analysis to explain the impact of occupational segregation or “crowding” on the relative wage rates of men and women. Who gains and who loses as a consequence of eliminati...

Q: In what way does discrimination redistribute national income? How does it

In what way does discrimination redistribute national income? How does it reduce national income?

Q: “Only that portion of the MP curve that lies below AP

“Only that portion of the MP curve that lies below AP constitutes the basis for the firm’s short-run demand curve for labor.” Explain.

Q: Answer these questions on the basis of the information in the accompanying

Answer these questions on the basis of the information in the accompanying table. The data are for a competitive firm. a. What is the profit-maximizing level of job safety as viewed by the firm? Expl...

Q: Evidence suggests that firms that sell their products in less competitive product

Evidence suggests that firms that sell their products in less competitive product markets are more likely to be unionized than firms selling in highly competitive markets. Recalling from Chapter 5 tha...