demand for labor
the amount of labor or number of workers that firms are looking to hire
demand for loanable funds
the amount of money that firms want to borrow to fund purchases of physical capital
derived demand
a demand formed out of the need for something else, an indirect demand
factor of production
input used during the creation of products
interest rate
cost of borrowing money, expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed; or, equivalently, the return on savings
involuntary unemployment
wherein a person desires to work at the minimum or accepted wage but is instead without a job
labor market
the market where employers hire workers and workers look for jobs
leisure
time spent not working
marginal product of labor (MPL)
the incremental output produced by hiring an additional unit of labor while keeping all other inputs to production the same
marginal revenue product of labor (MRPL)
the incremental revenue created by an additional unit of labor
market for loanable funds
the interaction between individuals trying to save and earn a return and firms trying to borrow in order to purchase physical capital
physical capital
a factor of production or input to the production process such as machinery, buildings or computers
present value (PV)
the value from today's perspective of a sequence of future costs and payments
quantity of labor
the number of worker-hours, worker-days, etc., supplied or demanded in a labor market
resource market
where businesses go to purchase inputs needed for production
supply of labor
the total amount of hours that employees are available to work
supply of loanable funds
the amount of money available in the market for loans