1. Modern Labour Economics
Chapter 6
Supply of Labour to the Economy: The Decision to Work

2. Table 6.1 – Labour Force Participation Rates of Females in Canada over 15 Years of Age, by Marital Status, (percent)

3. Table 6.2 – Labour Force Participation Rates for Males and Females in Canada by Age, (percent)

4. Table 6.3 – Labour Force Participation Rates of Women and Older Men, Selected Countries, 1965-2000

5. Table 6.4 – Part-time and Multiple Job Holding in Canada and the United States, 1985-1995 (percent)

6. Figure 6.1 – An Individual Labour Supply Curve Can Bend Backward

7. Figure 6.2 – Two Indifference Curves for the Same Person

8. Figure 6.3 – An Indifference Curve

9. Figure 6.4 – Indifference Curves for Two Different People

10. Figure 6.5 – Indifference Curves and Budget Constraints

11. Figure 6.6 – The Decision Not to Work is a “Corner Solution”

12. Figure 6.7 – Indifference Curves and Budget Constraint (with an increase in nonlabour income)

13. Figure 6.8 – Wage Increase with Substitution Effect Dominating

14. Figure 6.9 – Wage Increase with Income Effect Dominating

15. Figure 6.10 – Wage Increase with Substitution Effect Dominating: Isolating Income and Substitution Effects

16. Figure 6.11 – The Size of the Income Effect is Affected by the Initial Hours of Work

17. Figure 6.12 – Reservation Wage with Fixed Time Costs of Working

18. Figure 6.13 – Budget Constraint with a “Spike”

19. Figure 6.14 – Income and Substitution Effects for the Basic Welfare System

20. Figure 6.15 – The Basic Welfare System: A Person Not Choosing Welfare

21. Figure 6.16 – The Welfare System with a Work Requirement