3.5 Labour market Flashcards
a) Factors that influence the demand for labour
b) Demand for labour as a derived demand
a) Factors that influence the supply of labour to a particular
occupation
b) Market failure in labour markets: the geographical and
occupational mobility and immobility of labour
a) Diagrammatic analysis of labour market equilibrium
b) Understanding of current labour market issues
c) Government intervention in the labour market:
o maximum and minimum wages
o public sector wage setting
o policies to tackle labour market immobility
d) The significance of the elasticity of demand for labour
and the elasticity of supply of labour
define and expl. marginal revenue product for labour
expl. movements and shifts in demand for labour
expl. backwards bending labour supply curve
suply of labour:perf. comp. vs monopsony
expl. movements and shifts in supply of labour
expl. market failure in the labour market
expl. wage determination in perf. comp. labour market