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Chapter 1 Introduction to Labor Economics Copyright © 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Labor Economics, 4 th edition

1 - 3 Why study Labor Economics? Human resources allocate substantial time and energy to labor markets Labor economics studies how labor markets work Labor economics helps us understand and address many social and economic problems facing modern societies

1 - 4 Basics of the Labor Market Participants are assigned motives: -Workers look for the best job -Firms look for profits -Government uses regulation to achieve goals of public policy Minimum wages Occupational safety

1 - 5 Three “Actors” Workers -The most important actor; without workers, there is no “labor” -Desire to optimize (to select the best option from available choices) to maximize well-being -Will want to supply more time and effort for higher payoffs, causing an upward sloping labor supply curve

1 - 6 Three “Actors” Firms -Decide who to hire and fire -Motivated to maximize profits -Relationship between price of labor and the number of workers a firm is willing to hire generates the labor demand curve

1 - 7 Three “Actors” Government -Imposes taxes, regulations -Provides ground rules that guide exchanges made in labor markets

1 - 8 Summary: the Three “Actors”

1 - 9 Why Do We Need a Theory? Explain and understand how labor markets work Focus on the essential variables while leaving out other, less crucial, factors Create a model that helps explain the theory

Positive vs. Normative Economics Positive economics -Addresses the facts -Focus on “what is” -Questions answered with the tools of economists Normative economics -Addresses values -Focus on “what should be” -Requires judgments

Supply and Demand in the Engineering Market Equilibrium 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,00010,00030,000 Labor Supply Curve Labor Demand Curve Earnings ($)

The Alaskan Labor Market and Construction of the Oil Pipeline D0D0 D1D1 S0S0 Earnings ($) Employment w1w1 w0w0 E1E1 E0E0

Wages and Employment in the Alaskan Labor Market,

The Regression Line Log Wage Slope =  Change in log wage Years of Schooling Change in schooling 

Scatter Diagram: Wages and Schooling by Occupation, 2001

Choosing Among Lines Summarizing Trends in the Data

The Scatter Diagram and the Regression Line

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