8 Labor Supply of Programmers Labor supply for a single profession has a positive slope –Higher wages attract workers from other careers An increase in wages from W 1 to W 2 increases quantity of labor supplied from L 1 to L 2 –Movement along the labor supply curve Employment of programmers (work-hours/year) L1L1 W1W1 L2L2 W2W2 S Wage ($/hour)
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