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Chapter Ten: Markets for Labor. Labor in the Traditional Neoclassical Model.

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1 Chapter Ten: Markets for Labor

2 Labor in the Traditional Neoclassical Model

3 Figure 10.1: Upward-Sloping Labor Supply Curve

4 Figure 10.2: Backward-Bending Individual Labor Supply Curve

5 Figure 10.3: Median Weekly Earnings of U.S. Workers, by Educational Attainment, 2012 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employment Projections,” www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm, May 22, 2013

6 Labor Supply and Demand at the Market Level

7 Figure 10.4: The Market for Website Designers

8 Changes in Jobs and in the Labor Market

9 Figure 10.5: Average Annual Hours Worked, Select OECD Countries, 2012 Source: OECD Employment Outlook 2013, Statistical Annex, Table K.

10 Alternative Explanations for Variations in Wages

11 Figure 10.6: Union Membership in the U.S., 1940-2012 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Union Membership Data from the National Directory Series and Union Affiliation Data from the Current Population Survey.

12 Figure 10.7: Median Weekly Earnings, Select Groups of U.S. Workers Age 25-54, 2013 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers,” Economic News Release, July 18, 2013.

13 Wages and Economic Power

14 Figure 10.8: Real Median Weekly Wages Versus Real Corporate Profits, United States, 1980-2012 Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts Tables; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Weekly and Hourly Earnings Data from the Current Population Survey.

15 Appendix: A Formal Model of a Firm’s Hiring Decision

16 Figure 10.9: Marginal Revenue Product of Labor and Marginal Factor Cost of Labor


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