For each of the following determine the impact on the demand or the supply of labor and effect on the equilibrium wage and quantity of labor employed.
1. the marginal productivity of workers rises.
2. the government has just adopted an open-door immigration policy
3. people desire leisure more than ever before

Electronics assembly inc. is a contract manufacturer that assembles consumer electronics for a number of companies. currently, the operations manager is assessing the capacity requirements as input into a bid for a job to assemble cell phones for a major global company. the company would assemble three models of cell phones in the same assembly cell. setup time between the phones is negligible. electronics assembly inc. operates two 8-hour shifts for 275 days per year. cell phone demand forecast (phones/year) processing time (minutes/phone) mars 47,000 19.8 saturn 35,000 20.7 neptune 7,500 16.2 a. calculate total capacity required by line. b. determine the total operating time available. c. calculate the total number of assembly cells. (round up your answer to the next whole number.)

Experienced problem solvers always consider both the value and units of their answer to a problem. why?

Which of the following is considered part of a country’s infrastructure?