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If Labor Is a Small Percentage of the Total Costs

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If labor is a small percentage of the total costs of an industry,this will tend to make the own-wage elasticity of labor demand


Definitions:

Price-Discriminating Firm

A company that engages in the practice of charging different prices for the same product in different markets or segments.

Elastic Demand

Refers to a situation where the quantity demanded of a good or service significantly changes in response to a change in price.

Inelastic Demand

A situation where the demand for a good or service is not significantly changed by alterations in its price.

Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating how sensitive consumers are to price changes.

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