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SUPPLY IN FACTOR
MARKETS
Objectives
MRP = MP × MR
Labor Markets
MRP = MP × P
Marginal revenue product diminishes as the quantity of
labor employed increases because the marginal product of
labor diminishes.
Labor Markets
Market Demand
The market demand for labor is obtained by summing the
quantities of labor demanded by all firms at each wage
rate.
Because each firm’s demand for labor curve slopes
downward, so does the market demand curve.
Labor Markets
Substitution effect
The opportunity cost of leisure increases with the wage.
The substitution effect describes how a person responds
by increasing the quantity of labor supplied as the wage
rate rises.
Labor Markets
Income effect
An increase in income enables the consumer to buy more
of all goods.
Leisure is a normal good, and the income effect describes
how a person responds by increasing the quantity of
leisure and decreasing the quantity of labor supplied.
Labor Markets
Two main factors that change the MRP of capital and the
demand for capital are:
Population growth
Technological change
Capital Markets
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