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Labour demand and marginal productivity theory
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What type of market is the labour market classified as?
Factor market
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Who determines the supply of labour?
Those
who
want
to
be
employed
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What is derived demand in the context of labour?
Demand for labour comes from
product demand
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How does the demand for car manufacturers relate to car demand?
It is derived from the demand for cars
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What factors affect the demand for labour?
Wage rate
,
product demand
,
productivity
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How does the wage rate affect the demand for labour?
Higher
wages may reduce
employment
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What happens when wages increase for firms?
They may switch to cheaper
capital
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How does the demand for products influence labour demand?
Higher
product demand
increases
labour demand
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What increases the productivity of labour?
Education
,
training
, and
technology
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What effect do substitutes for labour have on demand?
They can
decrease
demand for labour
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How does a firm's profitability affect labour demand?
Higher
profits allow for more
labour
employment
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What determines the number of buyers of labour?
The number of
firms
in the market
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How does the number of employers affect wages?
Fewer employers can lead to lower
wages
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What is the marginal productivity theory of labour demand?
Demand depends on
marginal revenue product
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How is marginal revenue product (MRP) calculated?
MRP =
MP
x
MR
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What does marginal product of labour represent?
Additional output from each
labour unit
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What does marginal revenue of labour indicate?
Additional revenue from each
labour unit
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When does equilibrium occur in labour demand?
When
marginal cost
equals
net benefit
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What does the demand curve show in relation to labour?
The
marginal revenue product
(MRP)
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How does the elasticity of demand for labour relate to wage rate changes?
It measures
responsiveness
to wage changes
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What affects the elasticity of demand for labour?
Labour cost proportion
, substitutes,
PED
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How does a high proportion of labour costs affect elasticity?
It makes demand for labour more
elastic
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What happens when substitutes for labour are easy to find?
Demand for labour becomes more
elastic
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How does the price elasticity of demand (PED) for a product affect labour demand?
More
price
elastic products lead to
elastic
labour demand
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