An increase in the fixed cost of working will ________ labor force participation and ________ hours of work (of those working before and after the increase in the fixed cost of working)
a. increase; increase
b. increase; decrease
c. decrease; decrease
d. decrease; increase
A worker is indifferent between job one lasting 4 hours a day, job two lasting 8 hours a day, and job three lasting 12 hours a day. Job two pays $10 an hour and tangency between the indifference curve and the budget constant occurs at 8 hours. One can conclude that
a. job one pays less per day but more per hour.
b. job three pays more per day and more per hour.
c. both A and B are true
d. neither A nor B are true