Using Examples Form the Labour Market Analyse the Difference Between Transfer Earnings and Economics Rent.

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3) A) Using examples form the labour market analyse the difference between transfer earnings and economics rent. In a labour market, a wage is a fixed regular payment earned for work or services, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis and it is the sum of transfer earnings and economic rent. Q W W (Wage) Q (Employment) Pure Transfer Earnings S Fig.1 Q W W (Wage) Q (Employment) Pure Transfer Earnings S Fig.1 Transfer earnings are the amount a factor of production could earn in its best alternative occupation. It is the opportunity cost an individual forgoes when deciding to work in one job rather than the next best alternative. i.e. the minimum amount that has to be paid to ensure that a worker stays in their present job . If their wages fall below this level they may transfer to the alternative occupation. For example a man may decide to work as a lawyer because the pay is better then if he was a teacher. By making this decision he forgoes the opportunity to work as a teacher. The opportunity is seen in terms of this forgone alternative. If wage rates were to rise in order to attract more staff, there would come a point where the lawyer might reconsider his decision. D D Economic rent is a surplus paid to a factor of production above what is needed to keep it in its current occupation. It a payment received by a factor of production over and above what would be needed to keep it in its present value. I.e. it is the amount, which someone can earn which is in excess of their transfer earnings. Therefore economic rent is any extra wage paid in conjunction with the transfer earnings. Professions such as Doctors and Teachers are in almost perfectly inelastic supply because the number of places available to study medicine is determined by the government and the profession. To the extent that the demand for doctors exceeds the supply, they

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