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Explore labor supply curve shifts, wage determination, and equilibrium forces in LM functioning. Learn about market & individual supply trends, wage impacts, and disturbance responses. Discover adjustments in workforce dynamics.
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2.4 The functioning of the LM: Supply We assume here that workers have decided to work SL = g (W) labor supplied given the changes in W Relation (slope) POSITIVE (?) Changes in W changes upon the curve Markets, firms, individuals Also, changes in other factors / forces that affect SL (YNOL, work-leisure preferences, interest rate, etc.) shifts of the curve (ceteris paribus)
2.4 The functioning of the LM: Supply Market SL curve: positive slope • Higher W larger supply SL curve faced by the firm: horizontal • Firms and individuals are “wage-takers” Individual SL curve: backward-bending • Income effect and substitution effect • Inflection point changes from person to person
2.4 The functioning of the LM: • Wage determination Graphically: intersection of DL and SL curves Intersection equilibrium In disequilibrium the are forces which move us back to eq. • If ES, downward pressure on W • If ED, upward pressure on W Disturbance of equilibrium: other changes other than W can shift the eq. shifts of curves E.g. DL up and SL down at the same time W up (construction workers, black death) Adjustments are not usually immediate: training costs, geography, etc.. (employee), search and training (employer). Other: laws, institutions, or customs