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  1. What is labor economics? Which types of questions are analyzed by labor economists?


  2. Who are the key actors in the labor market? What motives do economists typically assign to workers and firms?


  3. Why do we need a theory to understand real-world labor market problems?


  4. List three other factors ignored by our simple supply-demand model of the engineering labor market.


  5. What is the difference between positive and normative economics? Why are positive questions easier to answer than normative questions?







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