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When to Hire and When to Fire?

When to Hire and When to Fire?. Andrew Philipp. Firms will keep hiring workers until the cost of hiring an additional worker equals the additional revenue made by that worker. Main Idea. Key Concepts.

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When to Hire and When to Fire?

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  1. When to Hire and When to Fire? Andrew Philipp

  2. Firms will keep hiring workers until the cost of hiring an additional worker equals the additional revenue made by that worker Main Idea

  3. Key Concepts Marginal Product of Labor (MPL)- The change in output resulting from employing an additional until of labor Marginal Revenue Product- MPL x Marginal revenue received from selling an additional unit of output Marginal Factor Cost of Labor- The additional cost of hiring an additional worker (wage) MPL = MFC- The profit maximization point

  4. How Many Workers to Hire in a Perfectly Competitive Market

  5. Step 1 MP=Δoutput per hour Δ# of Workers

  6. Step 2 MRP= P x MP

  7. Step 3 Worker Wage = $18 MRP = MFC

  8. In Derived Demand Derived Demand- The demand for an input (labor) that makes a consumer good

  9. There is a Derived Demand in the resource market for the labor that produces the good or service Product Market Resource Market

  10. Product Market If the demand for the product increases in the product market the demand curve shifts to the right, causing points P and Q shift

  11. Resource Market (Labor) Because the quantity increases in the product market the derived demand in the resource market for labor increases

  12. 2007 AP FRQ • Questions-http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/economics/ap07_frq_Microeconomics.pdf • Answer-http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/economics/ap07_sg_micro.pdf

  13. 1) The profit maximizing rule for determining the most profitable number of workers to hire is: • Marginal revenue = marginal cost rule • Marginal revenue product = marginal resource cost rule • Marginal revenue = marginal profit rule • Marginal resource cost = wage rule

  14. 2) The marginal product of an output is the: • the item that has less quality than the other items of output • the total ouput as an additional worker is hired • the total selling revenue as an additional worker is hired • the change in total output that is produced when 1 additional worker is hired.

  15. 3) The marginal resource cost is: • The change in selling price as one more unit is sold. • The change in revenue as the output from one more worker is sold. • The cost of hiring all the workers used in the production of a product. • The cost of hiring one more unit of input.

  16. Real World Links In Derived Demand- http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/business/economy/in-the-real-world-will-the-jobs-plan-make-a-difference.html?pagewanted=all http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2011/09/03/why-do-companies-hire/

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