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Chapter 2
Overview of the Labor Market
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FIGURE 2.1 Labor Force Status of the U.S. Adult Civilian Population, June 2004
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TABLE 2.1 Labor Force Participation Rates by Gender, 1950–2004
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FIGURE 2.2 Unemployment Rates for the Civilian Labor Force, 1900–2003 (detailed data in table inside front cover)
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FIGURE 2.3 Employment Distribution by Major Nonfarm Sector, 1954–2003 (detailed data in table inside front cover)
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TABLE 2.2 Nominal and Real Hourly Earnings, U.S. Nonsupervisory Workers in the Private Sector, 1980–2003
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FIGURE 2.4 Relationship between Wages, Earnings, Compensation, and Income
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FIGURE 2.5 The Markets in Which Firms Must Operate
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TABLE 2.3 Labor Demand Schedule for a Hypothetical Industry
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FIGURE 2.6 Labor Demand Curve (based on data in Table 2.3)
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FIGURE 2.7 Shift in Demand for Labor Due to Increase in Product Demand
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FIGURE 2.8 Possible Shifts in Demand for Labor Due to Fall in Capital Prices
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FIGURE 2.9 Market Supply Curve for Secretaries
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FIGURE 2.10 Shift in Market Supply Curve for Secretaries as Salaries of Insurance Agents Rise
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FIGURE 2.11 Supply of Secretaries to a Firm at Alternative Market Wages
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FIGURE 2.12 Market Demand and Supply
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FIGURE 2.13 Demand and Supply at the "Market" and "Firm" Level
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FIGURE 2.14 New Labor Market Equilibrium after Demand Shifts Right
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FIGURE 2.15 New Labor Market Equilibrium after Supply Shifts Left
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FIGURE 2.16 New Labor Market Equilibrium after Supply Shifts Right
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FIGURE 2.17 Effects of an Above-Equilibrium Wage
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FIGURE 2.18 Effects of a Below-Equilibrium Wage
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FIGURE 2.19 Labor Supply to the Military: Different Preferences Imply Different "Rents"
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TABLE 2.4 Unemployment and Long-Term Unemployment, Selected European and North American Countries, 2003