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Labor Demand and Supply
Economics ECO/561
April 21, 2011

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Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to relate the concepts of the market equilibrating process to a prior real-world experience occurring in a free market. The market equilibrating process will be explained and the following components will be considered in the explanation; Law of demand and the determinants of demand, law of supply and the determinants of supply, labor demand and supply.
Law of Demand and the Determinants of Demand
According to Economics: Principles, problems, and politics, a fundamental characteristic of demand is this: Other things equal, as price falls, the quantity demanded rises, and as price rises, the quantity demanded falls. In short, there is a negative or inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. Economists call this inverse relationship the law of demand and the determinants are the “other things equal” in the relationship between price and quantity demanded (McConnell, Brue and Flynn, 2009).
Law of Supply and the Determinants of Supply
According to Economics: Principles, problems, and politics, the law of supply states that as price rises, the quantity supplied rises; as price falls, the quantity supplied falls and the basic determinants of supply are, resource prices, technology, taxes and subsidies, prices of other goods, producer expectations, and the number of sellers in the market (McConnell, Brue and Flynn, 2009).

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Labor Demand and Supply
The demand and supply of labor are determined in the labor market. The participants in the labor market are workers and companies. Workers supply labor to company’s in exchange for wages as shown in a circular flow model. Companies demand labor from