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  2. Iron law of wages - Wikipedia

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    Marx also noted that the foundation of what he called "modern political economy" needs, for the theory of value, only for wages to be a given magnitude. He did so in praising the Physiocrats. [15] The French Anarchist and Revolutionary Syndicalist Émile Pouget also criticised the alleged iron law stating that “It isn’t even a law of rubber ...

  3. Labour supply - Wikipedia

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    However, also as the real wage rate rises, workers earn a higher income for a given number of hours. If leisure is a normal good—the demand for it increases as income increases—this increase in income tends to make workers supply less labour so they can "spend" the higher income on leisure (the "income effect"). If the substitution effect ...

  4. Prior authorization - Wikipedia

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    After a request comes in from a qualified provider, the request will go through the prior authorization process. The process to obtain prior authorization varies from insurer to insurer but typically involves the completion and faxing of a prior authorization form; according to a 2018 report, 88% are either partially or entirely manual. [5]

  5. Hicks–Marshall laws of derived demand - Wikipedia

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    In economics, the Hicks–Marshall laws of derived demand assert that, other things equal, the own-wage elasticity of demand for a category of labor is high under the following conditions: When the price elasticity of demand for the product being produced is high (scale effect). So when final product demand is elastic, an increase in wages will ...

  6. Labour economics - Wikipedia

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    When labour supply exceeds demand, salary faces downward pressure due to an employer's ability to pick from a labour pool that exceeds the jobs pool. However, if the demand for labour is larger than the supply, salary increases, as employee have more bargaining power while employers have to compete for scarce labour. [5]

  7. Implicit contract theory - Wikipedia

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    The firm also takes the wage as given and decides how much labor to buy. Then wage is determined in the market to ensure total labor supply equals total labor demand. If workers supply more labor than firms demand, then the wage level should fall so that workers will work fewer hours and firms would demand more labor.

  8. Everyday Economics: Signs of slowing economic activity as ...

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    Labor demand likely softened in November. As inflation continues to moderate and labor market conditions gradually loosen, this week’s data will shape traders' expectations for 2025.

  9. Labor demand - Wikipedia

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    The long-run labor demand function of a competitive firm is determined by the following profit maximization problem: ,, = (,), where p is the exogenous selling price of the produced output, Q is the chosen quantity of output to be produced per month, w is the hourly wage rate paid to a worker, L is the number of labor hours hired (the quantity of labor demanded) per month, r is the cost of ...