Microeconomics
How does the concept of normal goods apply to leisure demand as income levels rise?
In perfect competition, how is the supply of labor similar to the supply of goods?
Under what conditions does the individual labor supply curve bend backward?
How does an increase in wage levels affect the market supply of labor?
What happens to the market supply of labor when wages increase?
Differentiate between the substitution effect and the income effect in labor supply decisions.
Illustrate the conditions under which an individual's labor supply curve may bend backward.
Evaluate how the income effect can lead to increased demand for leisure as wages rise.
Synthesize the impact of the substitution effect on labor supply decisions as wages increase.
Synthesize the similarities between the supply of labor and the supply of goods in a perfectly competitive market.