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Human capital can be described as: |
| | A) | the tools used by workers to enhance productivity. |
| | B) | a persons inherited abilities. |
| | C) | the stock of expertise accumulated by a worker. |
| | D) | education. |
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The supply of highly educated workers is fixed in long run. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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________________ says that, in going on in education, people who know that they are smart send a signal to firms that they are the high-productivity workers of the future. |
| | A) | production theory |
| | B) | signalling theory |
| | C) | labour market theory |
| | D) | education theory |
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To be successful a union must be able to restrict the firm’s: |
| | A) | demand. |
| | B) | growth. |
| | C) | labour supply. |
| | D) | inventories. |
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A closed shop is an agreement that all a firm’s workers will be members of a: |
| | A) | trade union. |
| | B) | trade association. |
| | C) | trade club. |
| | D) | trade scheme. |
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Typically, Union members earn more than people not belonging to a union in unskilled jobs. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In a perfectly competitive industry, if a union in a single firm raises wages: |
| | A) | increases profitability |
| | B) | increases market share |
| | C) | drives the firm out of business. |
| | D) | increases barriers to entry. |
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Skilled labour is relatively ______ because it is costly to acquire _______. |
| | A) | scarce, human capital |
| | B) | scarce, new technology |
| | C) | abundant, human capital |
| | D) | abundant, new technology |
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The investment decision for human capital involves comparing the _______ costs with the _______ value of extra income or other benefits in the future. |
| | A) | future, future |
| | B) | present, present |
| | C) | future, present |
| | D) | present, future |
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If the present value of the benefits outweighs the present value of the costs incurred, the educational investment in improving human capital by further education makes sense. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The most important source of wage differentials are: |
| | A) | regional variation. |
| | B) | unionization. |
| | C) | relative danger. |
| | D) | skills. |
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Skilled labour is relatively scarce because: |
| | A) | there are too few teachers. |
| | B) | too few student places in higher education. |
| | C) | it is costly to acquire human capital. |
| | D) | teachers’ salaries are too low. |
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The opportunity cost of acquiring education is ____________. |
| | A) | course fees. |
| | B) | course fees and living expenses. |
| | C) | the earnings foregone. |
| | D) | course fees, living expenses and textbooks. |
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Education indicates workers’ innate ability; in other words it is a _________ or ___________ device. |
| | A) | assessment, grading |
| | B) | screening, signalling |
| | C) | teaching, learning |
| | D) | examination, testing |
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By restricting labour supply a trade union can ____________ and ___________. |
| | A) | increase the wage, increase employment |
| | B) | maintain the wage, increase employment |
| | C) | increase the wage, lower employment |
| | D) | maintain the wage, lower employment |
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In the UK under a _________ of the labour force belong to a trade union. |
| | A) | quarter |
| | B) | third |
| | C) | half |
| | D) | three-quarters |
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Unions achieve a higher wage differential the more _______________ and the more ___________. |
| | A) | inelastic the demand for labour, they can restrict the supply of labour |
| | B) | members they have, aggressive they behave |
| | C) | the economy is growing, people prefer leisure |
| | D) | the productivity s growing, vacancies exist |
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A closed shop is a union that has no room for additional members. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Women and non-whites on average receive lower incomes than white men because: |
| | A) | they tend to work in relatively unskilled jobs. |
| | B) | educational disadvantage. |
| | C) | firms are reluctant to invest in training. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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In the UK, in recent years, union membership has _________, and days of work lost because of strikes has __________. |
| | A) | grown, declined |
| | B) | declined, declined |
| | C) | declined, grown |
| | D) | grown, grown |
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