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3 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Labor Economics.

  • Marginal revenue productivity theory of wages — A labor-demand theory in which a profit-maximizing firm hires workers until the wage equals labor's marginal product multiplied by the marginal revenue from additional output.
  • Taste-based discrimination — An economic model in which decision makers accept a material cost to avoid interaction with a disliked group, producing unequal market outcomes unrelated to productivity.
  • Wages and salaries — Monetary remuneration paid or payable by employers to employees for labor services, distinguished in accounting from employer social contributions and nonlabor income.