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  2. Labor demand - Wikipedia

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    The long-run labor demand function of a competitive firm is determined by the following profit maximization problem: ,, = (,), where p is the exogenous selling price of the produced output, Q is the chosen quantity of output to be produced per month, w is the hourly wage rate paid to a worker, L is the number of labor hours hired (the quantity of labor demanded) per month, r is the cost of ...

  3. Hicks–Marshall laws of derived demand - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the Hicks–Marshall laws of derived demand assert that, other things equal, the own-wage elasticity of demand for a category of labor is high under the following conditions: When the price elasticity of demand for the product being produced is high (scale effect). So when final product demand is elastic, an increase in wages will ...

  4. Supply and demand - Wikipedia

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    A demand schedule, depicted graphically as a demand curve, represents the amount of a certain good that buyers are willing and able to purchase at various prices, assuming all other determinants of demand are held constant, such as income, tastes and preferences, and the prices of substitute and complementary goods. Generally, consumers will ...

  5. The Theory of Wages - Wikipedia

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    the relation of this concept and its determinants to the distribution of factor-income shares; technical change as biased or neutral (later termed Hicks-neutral technical change), depending on how it affects the marginal product of one productive factor (say labour) relative to that of another (say capital)

  6. Factor market - Wikipedia

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    The units of labor are on the horizontal axis and the price of labor, w (the wage rate) on the vertical axis. The price of labor and the quantity of labor demanded are inversely related. If the price of labor goes up the quantity of labor demanded goes down. [20] This change is reflected in a movement along the demand curve.

  7. Labour economics - Wikipedia

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    Labour demand is a derived demand; that is, hiring labour is not desired for its own sake but rather because it aids in producing output, which contributes to an employer's revenue and hence profits. The demand for an additional amount of labour depends on the Marginal Revenue Product (MRP) and the marginal cost (MC) of the worker.

  8. Demand - Wikipedia

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    A demand function states the relationship between the demand for a product and its various determinants. It is a shorthand way of saying that quantity demanded depends on various determinants. [ 7 ] It gives functional relationship (i.e., cause and effect relationship) between the demand for a commodity and various factors affecting demand.

  9. Demand curve - Wikipedia

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    The shift of a demand curve takes place when there is a change in any non-price determinant of demand, resulting in a new demand curve. [11] Non-price determinants of demand are those things that will cause demand to change even if prices remain the same—in other words, the things whose changes might cause a consumer to buy more or less of a ...