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Chapter 3

The Demand for Labor

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Figure 3.1 Demand for Labor in the Short Run (Real Wage)

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Figure 3.2 Demand for Labor in the Short Run (Money Wage)

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Figure 3.3 Effect of Increase in the Price of One Input (k) on Demand for Another Input (j), Where Inputs Are Substitutes in Production

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Figure 3.4 The Effects of Monopsony

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Figure 3.5 The Monopsonist’s Short-Run Response to a Leftward Shift in Labor Supply: Employment Falls and Wage Increases

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Figure 3.6 Minimum Wage Effects under Monopsony: Both Wages and Employment Can Increase in the Short Run

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Figure 3.7 The Market Demand Curve and Effects of an Employer-Financed Payroll Tax

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Figure 3.8 Payroll Tax with a Vertical Supply Curve

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Figure 3A.1 A Production Function

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Figure 3A.2 The Declining Marginal Productivity of Labor

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Figure 3A.3 Cost Minimization in the Production of Q* (Wage = $10 per Hour; Price of a Unit of Capital = $20)

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Figure 3A.4 Cost Minimization in the Production of Q* (Wage = $20 per Hour; Price of a Unit of Capital = $20)

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Figure 3A.5 The Substitution and Scale Effects of a Wage Increase

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