Labour Supply Labour supply can be defined as the availability of suitable human resources in a particular labour market. The suitable human resource would be the one not only with the required skills for a particular job but also it must be willing and able to work at the existing wage rate. Labour market is similar to commodity market with the difference of labour (human resource) being demanded and supplied at a particular price (wage).Labour supply is frequently represented graphically by
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Considering the production of maize and shirts in Botswana‚ we can use the notion of the production possibilities curves to determine levels of efficiency‚ inefficiency‚ economic growth and technological improvement. The production possibilities curve (PPC) is a graph that shows the different quantities of the two goods (in this case‚ maize and shirts) that an economy (Botswana) could efficiently produce with the limited productive resources. To be able to illustrate this simply we assume that
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(Summary of book) Markets In Action Price Ceilings A price ceiling is a government regulation of the maximum price that may be legally charged. To see how a price ceiling works‚ we’ll examine its effects in a market for rental housing‚ when it is called a rent ceiling. A Rental Housing Market The demand for and supply of rental housing determine the equilibrium rent and the equilibrium quantity of rental housing available. A rent ceiling tries to change the rent. The effects of a rent
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effects on he demand and/or supply‚ equilibrium price‚ and equilibrium quantity of chocolate ice cream. * A sever drought in the Midwest causes dairy farmers to reduce the number of milk- producing cows in their herds by a third. These dairy farmers supply cream that is used to manufacture chocolate ice cream? By reducing the number of milk-producing cows in famer’s herds‚ supply will fall. A shortage of cream now exists and the market is no longer in equilibrium. The price of chocolate ice cream
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Pizza Store Curve Theory February 10‚ 2013 Operations Management/OPS/571 Professor John Quesnel In this paper the approach is to understand the formulation of learning curve theory and objective is to maximize profits and increasing organizational performance for Mario ’s Pizzeria. The three fundamental assumptions followed by the learning curve theory are total time for completing a task decreases with the increased repetition‚ improvement percentage decreases
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To what extent is the global supply of energy dependent on co-operation between different countries? (15) The global supply of energy is concentrated within the 12 OPEC countries. (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). These countries hold a vast amount of the world’s oil and gas reserves with 81% of proven oil reserves and 49% of proven gas reserves. The aim of the organisation is to unify petroleum policies so that there is a steady supply of energy to consumers‚ and a steady income
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Understanding Equilibrium in the IS/LM Model 1995 version Prof. Humberto Barreto1 Introduction: This brief work is designed to provide additional ammunition for the student in the ongoing war against IS/LM confusion and ignorance. The author has claimed in his Notes on Macroeconomic Theory (1995) that‚ There should be no mystery or uncertainty surrounding the IS/LM analysis at this point. IS/LM curves are simply a short-cut to finding the equilibrium values for income and interest rate. There
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We know that the demand for a product is elastic if: Select correct option: When price rises‚ revenue rises. When price rises‚ revenue falls. When price rises‚ quantity demanded rises. When price falls‚ quantity demanded rises The demand for chicken is downward-sloping. Suddenly the price of chicken rises from Rs. 130 per kg to Rs. 140 per kg. This will cause: Select correct option: The demand curve of chicken to shift to the right. The demand curve of chicken to shift to the left. Quantity demanded
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in supply chain of many industries are the excess of some products and the shortage of others because of unpredictable demands for these products. In this paper‚ a framework that helps manager to understand the nature of demand for their product and manage their supply chain in line with their product requirements is suggested. The products are classified into two groups according to their demand patterns: Primarily functional products and primarily innovative products. Functional products are
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production possibility curve and there any many different things that effect it. The removal of trade barriers or also known as free trade is not exempt from this list of things that affect an economies production possibility curve. Reduction in trade barriers can cause a country’s production possibility curve to shift outward. That is just one of many reasons that could cause an economy’s production possibility curve to shift outward. This production possibility curve can also determine an economy’s
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