Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Indifference curves and budget lines

Indifference curves and budget lines — practice question

A worker reacts to an increase in his hourly wage rate by cutting the number of hours he works each week. What might account for this?

  • AThe income effect of the wage rate increase outweighs the substitution effect.
  • BThe substitution effect of the wage rate increase outweighs the income effect.
  • CThe worker’s supply of labour is wage elastic.
  • DThe worker’s supply of labour is wage inelastic.

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