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james9437

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An increase in unemployment benefits is likely to:
 a. reduce a person's incentive to look for work.
 b. reduce the opportunity cost of remaining employed.
 c. provide a better safety net for employed families.
 d. decrease the tax imposed on consumers.
 e. increase the need to accept the first job available after becoming unemployed.

Question 2

Some people believe that employees should be paid the same wages when their jobs, although different, require similar levels of education, training, experience, and responsibility. This principle is known as:
 a. the equal-pay-for-equal work doctrine.
  b. Lorenz equivalence.
  c. marginal productivity theory.
  d. comparable worth.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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