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Efficiency wages are paid by a firm to its workers, which are above the market-clearing level in order to increase their productivity or efficiency.
Fixed Proportions
A production scenario where inputs are used in a constant ratio, regardless of the level of output.
Coefficient of Elasticity
A measure used in economics to quantify how responsive the quantity demanded or supplied of a good is to a change in one of its determinants, such as price.
Labor Demand
The sum total of labor that employers are keen and able to take on at a certain wage level throughout a defined period.
Wage Rates
Wage rates refer to the standard amount of compensation offered to employees for their labor services per unit of time or unit of output.
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