Labour supply

In mainstream economic theories, the labour supply is the total hours (adjusted for intensity of effort) that workers wish to work at a given real wage rate.

More hours worked earn higher incomes, but necessitate a cut in the amount of leisure that workers enjoy.

One is the conceptualization of the labor supply as being linked to decisions about a variety of nonmarket activities such as pregnancy, education, and marriage.

The second is to observe wage rates both in the market and in the home as choice variables that are influenced by the behaviors of household members in terms of job search, employment, and investment.

There is also evidence to support that at all levels of received education, this form of contraception has had long-term and far-reaching implications on Women's labor force participation rates.

[6] Historically, empirical research has lacked in the field of oral contraceptives and its impacts on Women and labor force participation.

In earlier years, if a woman wanted to follow her dreams of obtaining a higher education she had to delay her marriage and it came with certain social costs.

An advertisement for labour from Sabah and Sarawak, seen in Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.
This backward bending supply curve of labour shows how the change in real wage rates affects the number of hours worked by employees.