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supply of labor substitution effect income effect demand for labor marginal physical product of labor marginal revenue product value of the marginal product elasticity of demand for labor economic discrimination segmented labor markets closed shop union shop agency shop right-to-work laws | The value of another worker to the firm is equal to the marginal physical product of labor (MPPL) times marginal revenue (MR) (labor) Higher wages mean that you can maintain the same standard of living by working fewer hours. The impact on labor supply is generally negative (labor) Higher wages mean that the value of work has increased, and the opportunity costs of leisure are higher, hence work is substituted for leisure Demand for labor is derived from the demand for the firm’s product and the productivity of labor When workers of equal ability are paid different wages or in any other way discriminated against because of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, or disability The value of the marginal product of labor (VMPL) is equal to marginal physical product of labor times price, or MPPL × P Employees are not required to join the union, but must pay dues to compensate the union for its services Laws created by the Taft-Hartley Act that permitted states to outlaw union shops Labor markets split into separate parts. This leads to different wages paid to different sectors even though both markets are highly competitive The percentage change in the quantity of labor demanded divided by the percentage change in the wage rate The additional output a firm receives from employing an added unit of labor (MPPL = ΔQ ÷ ΔL) Workers must belong to the union before they can be hired The amount of time an individual is willing to work at various wage rates Nonunion hires must join the union within a specified period of time |