Labour Market

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The diagram above shows the . The demand for labour is a demand. This means that there is no demand for labour, it is from the demand for other commodities. The demand curve for labour is sloping.. This shows that as wages increase the of labour demanded as firms will cut production or find methods of production.
The supply of labour is sloping, this is because the higher the wage rate is the more people are to work. The vertical part of the supply curve shows the point of . At this point, even if wages increase, the quantity supplied to the market increase.
The point of the labour market is where the supply of labour is equal to the demand for labour. Any point below QLe shows and any point above QLe shows , at the market wage rate these people are not willing to work.

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An for labour as shown in the above diagram can be caused by things like - an increase in for other commodities, an increase in , an increase in or an increase in . The increase in demand will increase the and the number of people employed. Because of the higher , more people are willing to work and will fall.

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The above diagram shows the effect of a on the labour market. A will mean that the wage rate will be unable to reach the wage rate. This will cause a in the of labour demanded but an in the of labour supplied.
A will cause a decrease in the number of people as firms find alternative production methods due to the wage increase. But because of the increased wage there will be an increase in the number of people who are looking for work, but due to the decrease in the quantity of labour demanded by firms they will be unable to find a job and so are . Due to the higher wage the number of will decrease.