To put it concisely, I think what people may be observing is very elastic labor demand.
Their workers should move freely across each others' borders to even out any imbalances in labor demand.
Therefore, strong labor demand in an environment of falling growth and productivity translates into falling profits and margin compression.
The researchers also found the labor demand for work-family accommodation does not seem to propel the distribution of telecommuting hours.
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This also explains a Big Labor demand to bar companies from requiring their workers to hear management's side during a union campaign.
But in the other, the labor demand for jobs with language skills increases as a result of more immigration, which in turn increases wages.
There still should be labor demand growth but simply not as much as you would have thought in the absence of a drop in the path of nominal demand.
The labor demand-supply ratio in China rose further to 1.08 in the first quarter from 1.04 in the fourth, the highest level since its inception in the first quarter of 2001.
In addition to providing a pathway to legalize 12 million illegal immigrants, Gutierrez proposes to manage future immigrant flow by establishing a commission that ties foreign visas to labor market demand.
In the past we have argued that colleges have produced a surplus of college graduates (at least in terms of the labor market demand for workers with a college education).
The most basic models of labor supply and demand would suggest that a bigger labor pool depresses wages, and indeed this is the argument taken up by many opponents of more open immigration policy.
Unskilled labor is complementary to high wage skilled labor and the demand for it would rise as the wages to skilled labor rise.
This visibility allows them to match labor capacity, labor productivity and skill sets to demand, reallocating labor resources as necessary to meet deadlines, maintain customer satisfaction, and maximize profitability.
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If you find the above totally unconvincing, just remember that in the long run, the supply of labor is just as important in determining the level of domestic employment as the demand for labor.
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Not only does an entrepreneurial path place immigrants in a non-competitive position relative to the existing wage-seeking labor pool, but their ventures that are employer businesses actually create jobs, increasing demand for labor and thereby pushing up wages.
"There is obviously a demand for labor, " says labor economist Ashok Khandelwal, who works with unions.
Also, online job postings and unemployment claims suggest demand for labor is picking up.
Demand for labor is a function of productivity, or more accurately, profitability per worker.
This increase was met, however, by a 25% plunge in demand for labor in the public sector.
The increased demand for labor created by the investment drives wages up to this level of productivity.
Preferences and technology are constantly shifting the demand for labor in various industries and in different geographies.
More work is done in the U.S., meaning more jobs, spurring a higher demand for labor and higher wages.
This resulted in the death of livestock, small harvests and a big drop in demand for labor, cutting into household incomes.
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The demand for labor has risen as a response to the large, positive terms-of-trade shock that drove resources to labor-intensive non-commodity sectors.
But, while employment growth needs adequate aggregate demand growth to spur the demand for labor, the supply of labor is also important.
In the utilities and retail trade sectors, Monster reported increases in employer demand for labor of at least 15% from a year ago.
And since educated immigrants are less likely to fill low-paying manual labor jobs, a demand for illegal immigrants willing to do that work would be created.
As a result of these changes, several trends are emerging, including movement toward outcome-based payments, higher labor productivity, decreased demand for hospital-based care and better, more efficient consumer markets.
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