Question 1
Employment contracts that stipulate workers' wages, usually for a period of 1 to 3 years, are known as
◦ social contracts.
◦ implicit contracts.
◦ explicit contracts.
◦ None of these.
Question 2
Suppose that cruise ship employees are laid off during a period of significant decrease in demand for cruise vacations because they have a 3-year contract which has locked their wages into place. This example is consistent with the
◦ explicit contract explanation of unemployment.
◦ social contract explanation of unemployment.
◦ efficiency wage explanation of unemployment.
◦ relative-wage explanation of unemployment.