Some workplace hazards are dangerous not so much for the workers themselves but to others--some chemicals are not particularly dangerous to adults but retard fetal development. Suppose workers know about these dangers and are willing and able to move between jobs.

(a) If companies adopt rules transferring pregnant women into other jobs, what would you expect to happen to the wages of pregnant women?

(b) If the companies transferallwomen, pregnant or not, into other jobs, what would you expect to happen to the wages of all women?

I expect the wages of all women to decrease.

(c) In the 1910s and 1920s, several states passed laws limiting the number of hours per week women could work, restricting the employment of women to "safe" industries, and preventing women from working with certain types of equipment. What effect would this have had on the wages of women?