Exam 28: Manufacturing, Productivity, and Labor

Response to the energy crisis of the early 1970s did not include

In 2001,women in most occupations earned ________ of what males in the same occupation earned.

The primary area of growth in the modern U.S.economy is

Which of the following statements correctly characterizes fertility rates in the postwar period?

According to economic theory,the real wage should

According to the text,which of the following factors contributed to the increased labor force participation rate of women during the postwar period?

Productivity is defined as

During the postwar period,the portion of total employment declined in the ______ sector.

Explanations for the decline in U.S.productivity in the 1970s and 1980s include all of the following except:

By 2007,energy use per dollar of GDP was ____ percent of what it was in 1970.

All of the following have played a role in reducing union strength since 1970 except

From the late 1930s until the early 1970s,courts tended to follow per se rules when deciding antitrust cases.According to these rules,

New immigration laws championed by the Kennedy and Johnson administrations

In the mid-1970s,antitrust policy began a new phase characterized by

Paul David examined _______________ as an example of path dependence.

Which is not a cause of the deterioration of the strength of labor?

All of the following served to reduce labor market discrimination against women and minorities except

During the 1990s,the nominal price of crude oil ____ and the real price ____.

From 1950 to 2007,manufacturing as a percentage of GDP went from roughly ____ percent to roughly ____ percent.

The largest merger in American history was that of