The labour market

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demand for a good or factor of production, not wanted for its own sake, which is a consequence of the demand for something else
derived demand
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the addition to a firm's total output brought about by employing one more worker
marginal physical product of labour
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the money value of the addition to a firm's total output brought about by employing one more worker
marginal revenue product of labour
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proportionate change in demand for labour following a change in the wage rate
elasticity of demand for labour
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the sum of the monetary and non-monetary benefits of working
net advantage
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proportionate change in the supply of labour following a change in the wage rate
elasticity of supply of labour
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total wage costs divided by the number of workers employed
average cost of labour
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the addition to a firm's total cost of production resulting from employing one more worker
marginal cost of labour
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there is only one buyer in a market
monopsony
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the market power exercised in a market by the buyer of a good or the services of a factor production such as labour, even though the firm is not a pure monopsonist
monopsony power
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when workers are unwilling or unable to move from one job to another because they lack or are unable to attain the skills needed
occupational immobility of labour
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when workers are unwilling or unable to move from one area to another in search of work
geographical immobility of labour
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a group of workers who join together to maintain and improve their conditions of employment, including their pay
trade union
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a process by which wage rates and other conditions of work are negotiated and agreed upon by a union or unions with and employer or employers
collective bargaining
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a wage rate that must by law be payed to employees
national minimum wage
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an adult wage rate set by the UK government, which has replaced the adult national minimum wage rate
national living wage
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paying different workers different wage rates for doing the same job
wage discrimination
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the addition to a firm's total output brought about by employing one more worker

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marginal physical product of labour

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the money value of the addition to a firm's total output brought about by employing one more worker

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proportionate change in demand for labour following a change in the wage rate

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the sum of the monetary and non-monetary benefits of working

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