EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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Chapter 13, Problem 1RQ
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To explain: Demanders and suppliers of input market and their assumptions.
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Answer to Problem 1RQ
Demanders in input market are production units and suppliers are households in an economy.
Explanation of Solution
In the supply demand model of input pricing, the demanders are the production units which demand inputs, these demanders basically face an imperfect input market, whereas suppliers are the households which face a
Assumptions of demanders
- The price for labor is inversely related to the quantity of labor available in the market.
- Firms are price −takers
- Marginal Product of labor is decreasing.
- Technology remains constant.
Assumption of suppliers
- Sole suppliers of laborers is household.
- Inverse relation between wage rate and demand of labor in market.
- Law of supply holds in labor market.
- Quantity of labor is stagnant.
Economics Concept Introduction
Introduction:
Labor market is an input market which interacts between wage rate and labor. An equilibrium in labor market is attained when demand and supply curve of workers intersect each other and wages are determined.
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EBK INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS AND ITS
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