Class 12 Micro Economics - Chapter Market Equilibrium NCERT Solutions | How is the optimal amount of labor deter

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Question 18

How is the optimal amount of labor determined in a perfectly competitive market?

Answer

A profit maximising firm will employ labour up to the point where the extra cost incurred by employing the last unit of labour (wage) equals the additional benefit it earns by employing that unit of labour.
That is, Marginal cost of labour = Marginal benefit by labour
Or, Wage rate = Marginal Revenue ProductL
Or, w = MRPL
Or, w = MR × MPL (as MRPL =MR ×MPL)
Or, w = P× MPL (in Perfect Competition Price = MR)
Or, w = VMPL (because VMPL= P ×MPL)
The demand for labour is derived from VMPL and the supply of labour is positively sloped. The equilibrium exists at E, where the demand for labour and the supply of labour intersect each other. The equilibrium wage rate is w and optimal amount of labour is qL.

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