Consider a worker whose choice is between hours of free time and consumption. His company has now cut his wage rate. Read the following statements and select the correct one.

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The worker may or may not reduce his free time as a result of the wage cut.

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The income effect will always dominate the substitution effect of the wage cut.

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The income effect means that the worker would increase his free time.

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As a result of the substitution effect, the worker would reduce his free time.

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