Labor Economıcs (ENG)
Ünite Sınavı Soruları
- 20 soru
- Soru metinleri açık; şıklar ve cevap anahtarı uygulamada
- 1
Which organization/institution is the responsible government body to collect and disseminate statistics on labor in Türkiye?
- 2
Which of the following is the slope of the indifference curve?
- 3
Which of the following correctly completes the blank part in the sentence?
"Leisure comes with a cost, and the cost of leisure is the ............"
- 4
Which of the following correctly completes the blank part in the sentence?
"While ……. might have persistent effects on gender imbalances, it is still a sector that can provide opportunities for women to work, especially for low educated women"
- 5
I. Indifference curves associated with a utility function are downward sloping,
II. Higher indifference curves indicate lower levels of utility
III. Indifference curves do not intersect
IV. Indifference curves are convex to the origin
Which of the sentences given above are correct?
- 6
Which of the following assumptions about the utility function U=U(C,L) is correct?
I- preferences of the individuals are well-defined, II- preferences are not always consistent, III- utility levels increase with higher consumption of C and L, IV- preferences are incomplete and temporary
- 7
Which of the following is incorrect about the Neoclassical Model of Labor-Leisure Choice?
- 8
Which of the following are factors that positively affect women's participation in the workforce?
I- inadequacy of childcare services, II- increasing the education level of women, III- decreased fertility rates, IV- employment growth in professions requiring hard skills, V- lack of institutions to meet elderly care needs
- 9
Which of the following statements about the figure is incorrect?

- 10
The most common method to collect labor market data everywhere in the world is _______________ on a regular basis.
Which of the following options correctly fills in the blank in the above sentence?
- 11
Assume the wage rate goes up from 100 TL to 140 TL and the hours supplied in the labor market increases from 5 hours to 10 hours. Calculate the labor supply elasticity.
- 12
I. Intensive margin reflects the intensity of effort and working hours.
II. If individuals choose to work, economists call this decision as extensive margin.
III. Leisure time is what is left over from work.
Which of the sentences given above is/are correct?
- 13
Suppose that the wage rate changes, holding the non-wage income constant. If the wage rate increases, how does the budget line change?
- 14
Which of the following statements about the budget constraint is true if both the individual's non-wage income and the wage rate increase?
- 15
I. At higher levels of the consumption good and low levels of leisure, the individual’s indifference curves are flatter
II. High levels of leisure and low levels of the consumption good, the indifference curves are steep
III. Individuals with a stronger preference for consumption have flatter indifference curves
IV. Individuals who enjoy their leisure time more than the consumption good will have steeper indifference curves
According to the Neoclassical Model of Labour-Leisure Choice, which of the above information is correct?
- 16
According to Turkstat's definition, which of the following is not considered employed?
- 17
_______________________ is the absolute value of the slope of an indifference curve and shows how much an individual has to give up of a consumption good in order to consume more of the other good (or leisure time) without changing the level of utility.
Which of the following correctly fills in the blank in the above sentence?
- 18
In 1992, under the Süleyman Demirel government, with the law no. 3774, the retirement age for men and women in Turkey was reduced to which ages?
- 19
Which of the following sentences is correct?
- 20
If an individual who initially worked 40 hours a week at an hourly wage of 50 TL increased his/her working hours to 56 hours when the wage increased to 65 TL, which of the following is the wage elasticity of labor supply?