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Question: Farm laborers in the United States are sometimes paid by piecework, for example, a fixed amount for each basket of fruit that they pick from an orchard. Looking at the shirt assembly example, explain the similarities and differences that might lead you to expect this type of payment. Why do you expect that piecework pay will be more common in orchards than in poultry farms or dairies?

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