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Explain how wages are determined in a perfectly competitive labour market.
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a) Explain how wages are determined in a perfectly competitive labour market (20 marks) As in other markets, the supply and demand of labour determines the price (wage rate) and the quantity (number of people employed). The labour market is different from other markets (like the markets for goods) in several ways. The most important of these differences is the function of supply and demand in setting price and quantity. In markets for goods, if the price is high, in the long run more goods will probably be produced until the demand is satisfied. However, with labour, overall supply cannot in fact be fixed because people have a limited amount of time in the day, and people are not manufactured. A rise in overall wages will, in many situations, not result in a higher supply of labour. It may actually result in less supply of labour as workers take more...
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