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Chapter 13
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1 · Recall · Easy · Technological Progress and Unemployment
Technological unemployment is defined as unemployment that occurs when:
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Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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Technological unemployment refers to the dislocation or reduction in labor demand resulting from innovations and increases in labor productivity.
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2 · Analysis · Medium · Productivity and Wage-Setting
In the labor market model where the unemployment rate is plotted on the horizontal axis and the real wage is on the vertical axis, consider an increase in productivity A. Assume workers' expectations of productivity fully adjust to actual productivity (the medium run). The increase in A causes:
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Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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Not quite. A is correct.
Once expected productivity equals actual productivity, an increase in A shifts both curves upward by the same proportion. These are the price-setting line (W/P = A/(1+m)) and the wage-setting curve (W/P = A·F(u, z)). The natural rate of unemployment is therefore unchanged.
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3 · Analysis · Hard · Productivity, Wages, and Unemployment
Assume that firms adjust their productivity expectations immediately to actual productivity, whereas workers' productivity expectations adjust only with a delay. Under these conditions, an unexpected increase in productivity will lead to which outcome in the medium run?
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With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
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With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
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With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
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Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
Not quite. C is correct.
With firms updating immediately, the price-setting real wage shifts up fully to reflect higher productivity. Because workers' expectations lag, the wage-setting curve shifts up by less, causing the new equilibrium to occur at a lower natural rate of unemployment and a higher real wage.
Tap any option to see why it's right or wrong.
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