Chapter 13
Economics for Labor Markets
Fattori di produzione
Production involves the creation of physical products such as cars, televisions, and pens or intangible products such as education, travel, and cleaning ...
La domanda di lavoro: ferma
For a firm, demand for a factor of production, such as labor, is the number of employees it seeks to hire during a given time period for a particular ...
Il profitto competitivo che massimizza la domanda di lavoro dell'impresa: ipotesi
A few assumptions are made to analyze the demand for labor by a firm.
Consider a firm operating a mango orchard. The firm is assumed to be ...
Il prodotto marginale del lavoro I
The marginal product of labor, or MP_L, is the additional output that results from adding one more unit of labor, holding all other inputs constant.
For ...
Il prodotto marginale del lavoro II
The marginal product of labor or MP_L is calculated as the quotient of change in the quantity of output to change in the quantity of labor while keeping ...
Il valore della valenza marginale del lavoro e la domanda di lavoro
The marginal product of labor or MP_L shows the additional units of the product manufactured by hiring another unit of labor while keeping other inputs ...
La decisione dell'impresa competitiva di assumere manodopera
For a competitive firm, such as a mango orchard, the value of the marginal product curve or VMPL is the labor-demand curve.
This firm faces a ...
La domanda di lavoro del mercato
In a perfectly competitive labor market, numerous firms or employers demand services of labor. Workers are paid wages for the services that they offer to ...
L'offerta di lavoro sul mercato
Labor is a unique factor of production. While labor is demanded by firms, it is supplied by individuals living in households.
The market supply curve of ...
Equilibrio nel mercato del lavoro
In a competitive labor market, where numerous firms buy labor services, and many workers sell them, the equilibrium wage rate is set by labor demand and ...
Spostamento della domanda di lavoro I
The market demand curve for labor is downward sloping. It reflects the value of the marginal product of labor.
When the price of the product changes, it ...
Spostamento della domanda di lavoro II
Technological changes can shift the market demand curve for labor. If the new technology complements labor productivity, the demand for labor will shift ...
Spostamento dell'offerta di lavoro
A rightward shift in the supply curve for the labor market shows an increase in the labor supply. This means that more workers are willing to work at each ...
Effetto sull'equilibrio: spostamento dell'offerta di lavoro
A shift in the market supply of labor affects the equilibrium wage in the labor market.
Consider a perfectly competitive labor market where agriculturists ...
Effetto sull'equilibrio: spostamento della domanda di lavoro
The market demand curve for labor also reflects the value of the marginal product of labor or VMPL. So, something that changes the VMPL, such as an ...
Il compromesso tra lavoro e tempo libero
In economics, time usually has two uses. People either work or spend time on leisure.
People earn wages by working. These wages are the income used to ...
Piegatura all'indietro Offerta di lavoro
The labor supply curve of an individual shows the relation between wage rate and the quantity of labor supplied measured in hours worked.
The reservation ...
Gli altri fattori di produzione
Apart from labor, there are two other important factors of production for which the firm wants to determine the optimum level to be used. These are land ...
Affitto di equilibrio: il mercato dei terreni
The landowners supply land, and producers rent it.
For example, farmers rent land to grow corn.
When landowners charge higher rent, the quantity of land ...
Rendita di Equilibrio: il mercato del capitale
Capital is used to produce goods and services. For an orchard, capital includes heavy machines such as tractors and simple equipment such as ladders and ...
Collegamenti tra i fattori di produzione
Factors of production are interlinked.
For example, a natural calamity that leads to the loss of human lives decreases the market supply of labor. This ...
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