Question 16
[Maximum number: 1]
There is a decrease in the supply of female labour.
What will be the likely effect on male and female wages?
male wages
female wages
decrease
decrease
decrease
increase
increase
decrease
increase
increase
CAIE A-Level Economics 8.3.7 Wages in Perfect Labour Markets
Practise determining competitive wage and employment where labour demand meets supply and, from the available evidence, tracing how a reduced female labour supply affects wage…
How this is tested
- draw a leftward female labour-supply shift and identify a higher female equilibrium wage relative to male wages