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The document discusses key concepts in labor economics including labor supply, wage distribution, the role of government in labor markets, and labor market policies and regulations. It also lists placeholders for topics not yet discussed like labor market discrimination, unions, incentive pay, and unemployment. The conclusion discusses the impact of natural disasters on labor markets based on findings from a previous assignment.

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The document discusses key concepts in labor economics including labor supply, wage distribution, the role of government in labor markets, and labor market policies and regulations. It also lists placeholders for topics not yet discussed like labor market discrimination, unions, incentive pay, and unemployment. The conclusion discusses the impact of natural disasters on labor markets based on findings from a previous assignment.

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In this week discussion question, I have listed the concept discussed so far.

These are the concept

learned, findings from PA and placeholders as follows:

1.  Introduction to Labor Economics and Labor Supply

Labor economy, labor study as a factor in the manufacturing process. All persons who

labor for profit, whether as employees, employers or self-employed people are employed,

and they include the jobless who seek employment. The Labor Economy includes the

study and assessment of the elements that impact the efficiency of these employees, their

deployment among various industries and vocations. This section deals with the

workforce of modern industrialized countries while creating models to analyze these

aspects. Whereas, the supply is the total hours that employees desire to work at a

particular real wage rate (adjusted to effort intensity). The visual is often shown by a

workload curve, which display the vertical hypothetical wage rates and the volume of

work that a single person or group is ready to provide at a horizontally plotted wage rate.

2. Wage Distribution and Employment

The term 'job' refers to the condition of work. It is generally an employer-employee

relationship. Jobs vary in the sense that some employees are employed throughout the

year, while others work only part of the year (Redmond, Karina Doorley, & Seamus

McGuinness, 2021). The major source of income for most persons is salaries, money

obtained through working. Greater earnings are frequently linked to increasing economic

possibilities and the capacity to buy products and services. Persons in the region may get

varied salaries for a wide range of factors, including disparities in education,

employment, industry, sex, age, race and other personal and geographical features. The

disparity between high-salary and low-salary workers indicates the pay disparity in an
area. This is important because highly unequal regions might narrowly distribute the

advantages of economic progress.

3. Role of government in Labor Market

Government impacts employment in various ways, not only via the introduction of

legislation and regulations. One of those methods is to provide the labor market players

with economic rent. Economic rental in the labor market means that the pay given to a

particular worker differs only from the salary required to keep the employee in his or her

current job. Recall from Chapter 6 that a market labor supply curve effectively represents

the value of the best option for the working person.

4. Labor Economic Policies and regulations

In fact, labor market rules encompass labor market institutions and labor market policies:

they cover wage-setting institutions, social obligation, the job insurance scheme and

many parts of the labor law (law on minimum wage, employment protection legislation,

and the enforcement of the legislation). In contrast, labor policy includes all sorts of

regulatory policies that affect the relationship between supply and demand of labour.

Labor policies (LMPs). The policies are composed of income substitution policies

(commonly referred to as passive labor market policies) as well as labor market

integration policies for jobless persons or those at risk of unemployment.

Placeholders for not discussed chapters

 Labor Market Discrimination and Labor Unions

Discrimination of the labor market is described as situations in which employees or

groups are treated differently by non-economic qualities of other workers, including

gender, ethnicity, religion and age, in terms of the recruitment, compensation, benefits
and advancement of them. A labor organization is a workers' group in a certain trade,

industry or firm with the aim of enhancing salaries, benefits and working conditions.

 Incentive Pay and Unemployment

Incentive wages are financial performance rewards instead of paying the number of

working hours. The objective is to inspire the employee to achieve particular

performance figures or financial goals by looking for cash reward. The phrase

unemployment refers to a scenario in which a person is unable to obtain a job who

actively seeks employment. Unemployment is a vital metric of the economy's health.

Findings and Conclusion from PA1

Natural catastrophes may lead to negative shocks to the supply of workers in the region

concerned and to unclear shocks to demand jobs in that area, while companies will try to

fill the vacancies while others would leave the town with staff outflows. Therefore,

almost all things in the economy have an impact on their labor market. Changes in the

demand for goods and services, the number of people and minimum wages may also have

significant influence on the labor market individually. Economic changes on the labor

market as a whole might have the biggest influence. A range of new jobs can be created

for individuals by rapid economic development due to growing demand for products and

services (Mueller & Quisumbing, 2011).

References
Mueller, V., & Quisumbing, A. (2011). How Resilient are Labour Markets to Natural Disasters?

The Case of the 1998 Bangladesh Flood. The Journal of Development Studies, 1954-1971

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Redmond, P., Karina Doorley, & Seamus McGuinness. (2021). The Impact of a Minimum Wage

Change on the Distribution of Wages and Household Income. Oxford Economic Papers.

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